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echo: binkd
to: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2016-01-27 14:06:00
subject: Re: Feature request

Hi Michiel,

On 2016-01-27 13:33:40, you wrote to Pavel Gulchouck:

 PG>> Not sure about win32. May be current directory is reasonable choice.

 MvdV> Current directory is common practise for command line utilities,
although
 MvdV> some use the directory where the .exe is located as the default. It is
an
 MvdV> inheretance from DOS really.

That's DOS practise! Not WIN32! On modern windows users don't have write access
to subdirectories of C:\Program Files[ (x86)]\, where programs are normally
installed!

Bye, Wilfred.

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