need help with workingDirectory...

> On 26 May 2020, at 13:44, Russ Whaley <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I'm on MacOS 10.13.6, Pharo v9 (but have same issue on v8).
>
> When I want to get the directory where the current image was launched, I use the following:
>
> FileSystem workingDirectory
>
> The comments from this method are:
>  "Returns a reference to the directory from where the image was launched"
>
> What I get (from Playground) is: FileSystem workingDirectory >>> File @ /
>
> Perhaps I am misunderstanding the comments?  I can specifically tell Pharo where to find my files, but I have to then change code each time I change/update/upgrade images (across a number of applications).
>
> If there is no way, I'll move everything to a standard folder (outside the image) - this just made USB backups quick and easy to have everything in one folder... I can adapt :)
>
> Thanks,
> Russ
>
> --
> Russ Whaley
> [hidden email]

>
> I'm on MacOS 10.13.6, Pharo v9 (but have same issue on v8).
>
> When I want to get the directory where the current image was launched, I use the following:
>
> FileSystem workingDirectory
>
> The comments from this method are:
>  "Returns a reference to the directory from where the image was launched"
>
> What I get (from Playground) is: FileSystem workingDirectory >>> File @ /
>
> Perhaps I am misunderstanding the comments?  I can specifically tell Pharo where to find my files, but I have to then change code each time I change/update/upgrade images (across a number of applications).
>
> If there is no way, I'll move everything to a standard folder (outside the image) - this just made USB backups quick and easy to have everything in one folder... I can adapt :)
>
> Thanks,
> Russ
>
> --
> Russ Whaley
> [hidden email]

> - image directory
>
> The working copy return the folder from which the image was launched.
> Most of the time it is the image directory but not all the time.
>
> For example ./pharo-ui ../../test/pharo.image will have the working
> directory be the location of the pharo-ui script.
>
> The image directory is what you are looking for.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:45 PM Russ Whaley <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm on MacOS 10.13.6, Pharo v9 (but have same issue on v8).
> >
> > When I want to get the directory where the current image was launched, I use the following:
> >
> > FileSystem workingDirectory
> >
> > The comments from this method are:
> >  "Returns a reference to the directory from where the image was launched"
> >
> > What I get (from Playground) is: FileSystem workingDirectory >>> File @ /
> >
> > Perhaps I am misunderstanding the comments?  I can specifically tell Pharo where to find my files, but I have to then change code each time I change/update/upgrade images (across a number of applications).
> >
> > If there is no way, I'll move everything to a standard folder (outside the image) - this just made USB backups quick and easy to have everything in one folder... I can adapt :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Russ
> >
> > --
> > Russ Whaley
> > [hidden email]
>
>
>
> --
> Cyril Ferlicot
> https://ferlicot.fr