From: "Dave Larcombe" <Dave_Larcombe AT btinternet DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RHIDE default directory for exe files
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:05:38 +0000 (UTC)
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Sinan,

Thanks for clarifying that for me, it's very much appreciated.

Regards,

Dave.

"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT c-o-r-n-e-l-l DOT edu> wrote in message
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> "Dave Larcombe" <Dave_Larcombe AT btinternet DOT com> wrote in
> news:arrh7o$sua$1 AT sparta DOT btinternet DOT com:
>
> >> "Hans-Bernhard Broeker" <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in
> >> message news:arr966$4lc$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE...
> >>> Dave Larcombe <Dave_Larcombe AT btinternet DOT com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>> I was wondering if I could set the default directory for the exe
> >>> files that are created in a location other than the bin folder.
> >>> Could anyone help me?
>
> >> You made the same mistake as most newbies who grew up using Windows
> >> instead of DOS: you run RHIDE by clicking on some Icon in Windows
> >> Explorer.  Don't.
> >>
> >> Instead, open a DOS shell window, change the current directory to
> >> where you want to be (usually that's where the source files for your
> >> current project are) using the "cd" command, and then run RHIDE by
> >> typing the command
> >>
> >> RHIDE
>
> > I think you have misunderstood my problem. Rhide opens and works fine
> > but it saves the exe file from the compiled source file in the Bin
> > folder. I was hoping I could change the location that the exe files
> > are stored; much like you can for the object files generated from the
> > source code.
>
> it looks like you misunderstood his response.
>
> when you double click on rhide to start it, windows sets its working
> directory to where rhide lives (i.e. the bin directory in the djgpp
> tree). AFAIK, rhide puts the exe files it generates in the current
> working directory.
>
> that is why you should open a command window, change to the directory
> where you want the executable to be created (usually the root of your
> project), and then start rhide on the command prompt.
>
> in addition, you can use the Project -> main targetname option to set the
> location of the target.
>
> sinan.
>
>
> --
> A. Sinan Unur
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