[racket] find-system-path under debugger

If it works out, can you propose an improvement to the docs? Thanks -- Matthias



On Dec 1, 2014, at 12:38 AM, George Neuner <gneuner2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> define-runtime-path looks like it will work for scripts.  I haven't yet understood how it interacts with creating a standalone executable - the documentation is pretty dense so I guess I'll have to try it.  But, at least now I get the same result from a script under the debugger as when run from the command line.
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> Thanks,
> George
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> On 11/30/2014 8:59 PM, Pierpaolo Bernardi wrote:
>> I think you need define-runtime-path instead.
>> 
>> Here's an example of its use:
>> 
>> ;; Access a file "data.txt" at run-time that is originally
>> ;; located in the same directory as the module source file:
>> (define-runtime-path sofa.dll
>>   (format "sofa-~a-~a~a" sofa-version arch ""))
>> 
>> P.
>> 
>> ============================
>> 
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 5:39 PM, George Neuner <gneuner2 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I've noticed that  (find-system-path 'run-file)  works differently under the
>> > debugger vs the command line.
>> >
>> > When I start an application from the command line - either as a linked
>> > executable or as a script using "racket <file>", (find-system-path
>> > 'run-file) gives me the start directory of the application.  However, when I
>> > start under the debugger, (find-system-path 'run-file) gives me the
>> > directory where DrRacket is installed.
>> >
>> > I have an application that needs to read from some setup files that are
>> > under the same directory.  (find-system-path 'run-file) works fine from the
>> > command line but I can't run the app in the debugger. Is there a way to find
>> > the directory of the file running under the debugger that also works when
>> > run from the command line?  Or alternatively, a way to tell when you are
>> > running under the debugger so as to do something else?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > George
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