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Hi, On Mar 26, 9:32=A0am, themouse <usul DOT the DOT mo DOT DOT DOT AT gmail DOT com> wrote: > > Another question since you mentioned dependancies. > > Is the location of the applications (grep) etc important or do they > just need to be in the Path. > > I would like to reorg my system I would like to move some of the apps > around. > This isn't just an issue with DJGPP but with FREEDOS as well. > > Basically I want to move stuff into different directories, but don't > want to break djgpp > as it will be the most important thing I think I will have. Simply put, I don't know of any apps offhand that need to be in a hardcoded (non-relative) directory layout. But some use environment variables (and/or settings in DJGPP.ENV). So check FDAUTO.BAT as well as DJGPP.ENV in case something might potentially break. Although, to be honest, it's easier to keep all DJGPP tools in the same (sub)directory since it simplifies upgrades: e.g. (from Bash) "cd /dev/env/DJDIR ; rm @manifest/grep253b.mft ; unzip /dev/c/tmp/ grep254b.zip". If you move stuff around, you'll have to search for it and update it even more manually than already. But the "which" command should find stuff on your path for you anyways if necessary. In short, do what you want, but if you stray too far, be sure you kept all the .ZIPs for reinstall !! ;-)
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