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Top Forums Programming Works from console but not when clicked in KDE Post 302115175 by jasonkb on Sunday 22nd of April 2007 11:14:54 PM

04-23-2007

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I suggest you look at what you are trying to do and work out is creating a directory in the same directory as the program a good idea?

Well I guess this is a problem. I don't have a specific thing that I am trying to do- just learning how all this works for now, with the unfortunate beginning from a Java developers perspective (there are some major differences although much is similar). If I executed a Java application from clicking on it, the current directory is the execution dir, and it was simply possible to grab the execution path. However what you have said makes real sense- what if two people run at the same time??? Can't have two separate testDir. They would need separate directories to put results into located in their home directory. But say that the program had config files it had to read in-would make sense to put them in the same directory as the executable...

Seeing as I am not anywhere near that level yet to even begin thinking of these matters or working on my app I am writing no-brainers to learn how functions for the Unix environment work.

Still leaves me with the problem of determining where the program is actually located so I could read in config files... :-( I have used make and make install for other programs before. Can one rely on the installation directory being constant on all Unix systems should make be used? If so I'll find some stuff to read up on it. That way I could hard code the installation directory into the app... Much to learn... :-| I sense some frustration in your last post, sorry if these noob questions are getting on your nerves. If you have any tutorials on say program design in the Unix environment, you can post them I'll read them to hopefully ask more sensible questions.

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Jason.

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cups-config(1)							    Apple Inc.							    cups-config(1)

NAME

       cups-config - get cups api, compiler, directory, and link information.

SYNOPSIS

       cups-config --api-version
       cups-config --build
       cups-config --cflags
       cups-config --datadir
       cups-config --help
       cups-config --ldflags
       cups-config [ --image ] [ --static ] --libs
       cups-config --serverbin
       cups-config --serverroot
       cups-config --version

DESCRIPTION

       cups-config  is the CUPS program configuration utility. It should be used by application developers to determine the necessary command-line
       options for the compiler and linker, as well as determining installation directories for filters, configuration files, and drivers.

OPTIONS

       --api-version
	    Displays the current API version (major.minor).

       --build
	    Displays a system-specific build number.

       --cflags
	    Displays the necessary compiler options.

       --datadir
	    Displays the default CUPS data directory.

       --help
	    Displays the program usage message.

       --image
	    When used with --libs, adds the CUPS imaging library to the list of displayed libraries.

       --ldflags
	    Displays the necessary linker options.

       --libs
	    Displays the necessary librarys to link to.

       --serverbin
	    Displays the default CUPS binary directory, where filters and backends are stored.

       --serverroot
	    Displays the default CUPS configuration file directory.

       --static
	    When used with --libs, shows the static libraries instead of the default (shared) libraries.

       --version
	    Displays the full version number of the CUPS installation (major.minor.patch).

SEE ALSO

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