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to: Wilfred van Velzen
from: Nicholas Boel
date: 2017-08-08 16:38:08
subject: FConfig

Hello Wilfred,

On Tue Aug 08 2017 08:20:26, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 WV> That's by design. Directories need to exist, or otherwise FConfig
 WV> tries to create them. And we already discussed this (more or less).
 WV> Just let FConfig create them, as the structure would be on your linux
 WV> drive. And set the environment variable for the linux modules to
 WV> whatever the dos/window drive letter needs to be converted on your
 WV> linux path. So it would be even more convenient if your windows shared
 WV> the drive with your linux, for instance by using a samba share...

I don't share drives, but now that you mention it I vaguely remember the
original conversation.

 NB>> Should I just edit .cfg file manually to get these future
 NB>> locations to stay put?

 WV> You could, but good luck with that: editting the binary config files,
 WV> and not f*cking things up! ;)

I realized it was binary after I saved the message.

If the .cfg file were text-based, we wouldn't be having this conversation
and I wouldn't need FConfig at all! ;)

Regards,
Nick

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