Re: Destination directory specification

Andrew Clay <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.dvdauthor.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> I have revised the different ways you can specify the output directory 
> into which dvdauthor writes the DVD-Video files. Previously they were, 
> in order of decreasing priority:
>
>      * the “dest” attribute on the <dvdauthor> tag in the XML file
>      * the -o option on the command line
>      * a line beginning “WORKDIR=” in the file ~/.dvdauthorrc
>      * a line beginning “WORKDIR=” in the file /etc/dvdauthor.conf
>
> The latter two config files served no other purpose, so I have got rid 
> of them, and added the option of getting the directory from an 
> environment variable called OUTPUTDIR. I have also rearranged the 
> priorities as follows:
>
>      * the -o option on the command line
>      * the value of the OUTPUTDIR environment variable
>      * the “dest” attribute on the <dvdauthor> tag in the XML file
>
> That way the option that is easiest for the user to change has the 
> highest priority.
>
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This doesn't seem to be the best priority. The OUTPUTDIR should be the 
lowest priority as a catchall option, so specifing a different 'dest' in 
the XML file will override it.
The way it is listed above, if you have the OUTPUTDIR set, the 'dest' in 
the XML file will be ignored.

Andy Clay



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