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From: matthews@wfu.edu (Rick Matthews)
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Subject: Re: Receiving files "automatically"
Date: 10 Nov 1994 13:20:11 GMT
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Dale R. Worley (drw@runge.mit.edu) wrote:
: You just compile the correct directory into the executable. It works
: quite reliably.
I *hate* programs with the directory compiled into the executable.
1. The "correct directory" is inevitably under the root
directory, so the root directory listing is huge. I
prefer to group applications by type.
2. Ever try to share an application across a network that
demands to run from "C:\EGOTIST" and to find all of its
configuration files there? We have rejected several
software packages for this very reason.
--
Rick Matthews matthews@wfu.edu Ham radio:
Wake Forest University 910-759-5340 (Voice) WA4GSP
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7507 910-759-6142 (FAX)