scottb@ogicse.ogc.edu (Scott Baker) (02/12/90)
I'm using JOVE version 4.13 on my PC clone. The jove.rc file is not read unless it is in the current working directory. Is there a system variable that I can set to remedy this? Thanks in Advance: Scott Baker
LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) (02/12/90)
In article <7261@ogicse.ogc.edu>, scottb@ogicse.ogc.edu (Scott Baker) writes: >I'm using JOVE version 4.13 on my PC clone. The jove.rc file is not read >unless it is in the current working directory. Is there a system variable >that I can set to remedy this? > > Thanks in Advance: > > Scott Baker The APPEND command (gives PATH like capabilities to data files) may work. I used a similar program found on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, which worked fine (unless you start in a directory which contains a different JOVE.RC, in which case this will be found before the data path gets searched). Richard Stanton
michaelk@copper.WR.TEK.COM (Michael D. Kersenbrock) (02/13/90)
<scottb@ogicse.ogc.edu (Scott Baker) writes:
<I'm using JOVE version 4.13 on my PC clone. The jove.rc file is not read
<unless it is in the current working directory. Is there a system variable
<that I can set to remedy this?
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< Thanks in Advance:
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< Scott Baker
Set an environment variable "JOVERC" (probably in your autoexec.bat) to
the file's name/path.
example: "set JOVERC=C:\BIN\LIB\JOVE.RC"
This normally is in the documents that come with binary distributions,
although you might have to hunt for it.
--
Mike Kersenbrock
Tektronix Microprocessor Development Products
michaelk@copper.WR.TEK.COM
Aloha, Oregonweisen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Neil Weisenfeld) (02/13/90)
In article <7997@lindy.Stanford.EDU> LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) writes: >In article <7261@ogicse.ogc.edu>, >scottb@ogicse.ogc.edu (Scott Baker) writes: >>I'm using JOVE version 4.13 on my PC clone. The jove.rc file is not read >>unless it is in the current working directory. Is there a system variable >>that I can set to remedy this? >> >> Thanks in Advance: >> >> Scott Baker > >The APPEND command (gives PATH like capabilities to data files) may >work. I used a similar program found on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, >which worked fine (unless you start in a directory which contains a >different JOVE.RC, in which case this will be found before the data >path gets searched). > >Richard Stanton Unfortunately, when I did this with an earlier version of jove, the APPEND did weird things. If I tried to edit the jove.rc on my hard disk, it would change the jove.rc on my RAM disk because of the APPEND. This happened even when I used an explicit pathname. APPEND causes similar problems with many programs. There is an environment variable: JOVERC which should be set to the full pathname (i.e. with the filename) of the jove.rc file. Neil | | | | |O| |O| | | Neil Weisenfeld | InterNet: weisen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu | | |O| Univ. of Pennsylvania | |O| | | Computer and Info Sciences | USPS: 3700 Spruce St. Box 572 | | |O| Class of 1991 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 |O| | | | | |O| "It's so simple, maybe you need a refresher course!" |O| | | -If you don't know who said it, you don't deserve to. | |