[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows
From: |
Joerg Wunsch |
Subject: |
Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:49:55 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.2.5i |
As E. Weddington wrote:
> You're right of course, it shouldn't just look in the current
> directory. On Windows, the most common method is to search the
> current directory first, then the PATH. Would that be too uncommon on
> Unices?
Yes, very. :-)
$PATH is only for executables, not for configuration files. The
current directory is for data, not for configuration files. ;-) $HOME
(with a filename starting with a dot), followed by a system-wide
configuration file (like /usr/local/etc or /etc) are meant for
configuration files.
But it should be simple to #ifdef this. As i wrote, an additional
search for $HOME/.avrprogrc under Unix would be a nice thing to have
anyway (this is approximately the equivalent of looking in the current
directory first on DOS/Winows), followed by a compile-time configured
system-wide directory on Unix, maybe an installation-time specified
directory on Windows (location could be recorded in the registry).
> I would prefer not having to set an additional environment variable
Sure. I think it's more appropriate for Windows to use the registry
for this, instead of an environemental variable. However, this would
require a "setup.exe" equivalent. ;-)
> And same with a Windows registry
> entry; prefer not to, but it can be done.
You can always fall back to a compile-time configured directory, but
due to this CP/M "drive letter" concept Windows is still using, you'd
make it impossible for the user to install it e. g. on another disk
then.
--
J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer
address@hidden http://www.interface-systems.de/~j/
- [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, E. Weddington, 2003/02/11
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, E. Weddington, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, Brian Dean, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, E. Weddington, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, E. Weddington, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, Brian Dean, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, E. Weddington, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, Brian Dean, 2003/02/12
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, Joerg Wunsch, 2003/02/13
- Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows, Brian Dean, 2003/02/13