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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:14:48 -0500
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Subject: Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?
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On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
> current working directory?]

It refers to the local directory containing all the packages in the
directory structure you get when you download packages.  So it is
neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located not the current
working directory.

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