Re: scp custom and default targets

Scott Henry Harrison wrote:

> >> I really need to specify custom directory locations
> >> inside a file (e.g. specifications.aap) and I would like
> >> to specify PREFIX from the command-line. 
> > 
> > That's exactly what already happens by default. 
> 
> Why is command-line PREFIX not being used in the example
> below?  If necessary, I can provide you with a login so
> that you can see for yourself. 
> 
> Python 2.3 (#2, Aug 31 2003, 17:27:29)
> [GCC 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-1mdk)] on linux2 
> 
> [sharrison]$ aap --version
> A-A-P recipe executive version 1.049; released 2003 Nov 10 18:38:38 GMT 
> 
> [sharrison]$ more test.aap
> PKGNAME = SCP-Tester-GX51-Turbo 
> 
> TESTDIR = /tmp
> INSTALL_TEST += test1.txt
> TESTPERMISSIONS = 0644 
> 
> install-local :
>  @install_files(_no.TESTDIR,
>  @              _no.INSTALL_TEST,_no.TESTPERMISSIONS) 
> 
> [sharrison]$ aap -f test.aap PREFIX=scp://[email protected]// install
> Aap: Copied "test1.txt" to "/tmp/test1.txt" 

The reason is that the install directory starts with a slash.  Sorry, I
didn't notice this in the previous example.

It's caused by the os.path.join(dir, tail) function to ignore "dir" when
"tail" starts with a slash.

Thus you should set TESTDIR to "tmp" instead of "/tmp".

I could change install_files() to remove the slash before joining the
paths, but it's actually nice to be able to avoid prepending $PREFIX.
Thus if noone objects I would simply document this behavior.

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