Re: Re: Re: Re: cant run dia on windows

["sartajsingh" <sartajsingh rediffmail com>]

I have done it in autoexec.bat.will someoone 
please give me a correct answer which wil lwork.
sartaj

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 Alan Horkan wrote :
> if you open a command window and type
> set HOME=c:\home
> it will only work temporarily
>
> you probably need to add the line
> set HOME=c:\home
> to autoexec.bat
> for it to be permanent
>
> In theory i think
> c:\windows\Profiles\username\Application Data\
> or
> c:\windows\Application Data\
> are where Microsoft expects applications to put this 
> kind of information
> (but if you try that the spaces in the filenames might 
> cause problems)
> i think maybe there are some registry variables dia 
> could lookup instead
> of using the HOME variable from the shell.
> I have been meaning to look it up and submit a patch 
> ... but then there
> are lots of things i have been meaning to do but never 
> get around to
>
> Sincerely
> Alan
>
> On 6 Feb 2002, sartajsingh wrote:
> > but I really dont have a "home" directory .
> its says set to valid directory or existing directory.
> can I set it to ANY existing any without worring
> about the path.
> I use windows.
> can I do set HOME=c:\ or somethign like that.
> sartaj
>
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 Cyrille Chepelov wrote :
> > Le Wed, Feb 06, 2002, à 01:42:21PM -0000, sartajsingh 
> a
> > écrit:
> > > I dont have a home directory
> > > I did set HOME=c:\home in autoexec.bat and when
> > > I run dia it says home doesnt exist and soem other
> > > line number errors.
> >
> >
> > if you set HOME=c:\home, c:\home MUST exist. If you 
> set
> > HOME to something
> > else, that "something else" MUST be a valid path to an
> > existing directory.
> > The HOME variable SHOULD exist, and if it does, it 
> MUST
> > point to *a* valid
> > directory. Any directory.
> >
> >     -- Cyrille
> >
> > --
> > Grumpf.
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