Re: Packing a C# project.

2008/6/4 Jan Niklas Hasse <[email protected]>:

> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Neil Munro <[email protected]> wrote:
> > So it IS a good idea to split a program up into directories?
>
> I don't really know for sure. I can just say that it's very common.
>
> > I have implemented binary relocatability in my project now, but it's only
> > finding certain files. I fixed this by creating a 'share' directory below
> > the working directory, and placed all data files in there and it worked.
> >
> > So it makes sense all data files can go in share, so how would i move
> binary
> > files into 'bin' as i assume I would have to do at some point?
>
> I'm not familiar with MonoDevelop, but you can change the output path
> of the binary somewhere. If you change it to
> workingdirector/bin/binaryname than you can place the share folder
> like this: workingdirectory/share/projectname/


This is easy enough to change in MD, but required a bit of jumbling of
directories but I essentially need
workingdir/bin
workingdir/share

for now, at least?

Actually I am having problems with directory structure atm, my understanding
is above, the binary goes in bin, the data files in share and my example
does not work. Am I wrong?

>
>
> > I also assume
> > in BinReloc.cs I could change 'share' to 'data' for example, or is it
> best
> > not to alter the directory names?
>
> No, that's not a good idea. Take a look at /usr on your file system,
> you will see that other programs also split up their stuff (and use
> share/programname for their data). All these directories have their
> special meanings, I think defined by the LSB or freedesktop.org.


Much as I do wonder why LSB chose RPM over deb, I still try to keep within
LSB where possible, so no changing the BinReloc.cs file then.

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