Re: Recommended Way to locate executable folder and preferences folder on Linux

foxesden wrote: 
> I had an extended run at this today, and have managed to move the
> install location of the executable and the preferences folder so that
> they both now sit in the plugin folder structure as suggested.
> I had to amend the program code too in order to correctly pick up the
> path and saved configurations folder. I have thought of a more elegant
> way of handling this but will leave that for another day.
> I also need to do some testing on linux and may need to rebuild binaries
> too.
> 
> I have an a couple of questions regarding the helper path and the
> custom.conf file. 
> 
> The plugin script generates a custome.conf file which embeds Inguz into
> the workflow. At the moment I am setting the application variable to the
> full path/binary-filename. If I add the file location to the Helper
> folders can I just use the binary-filename without the full path? I was
> assuming that the the server was shelling out to the operating system
> and that the OS wouldn't know about the path.


Answering my own question, as the long as the binary is contained in a
helper folder location then it will be picked up, so no need to use the
full path.


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