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* work pathfaeychild
`* Re: work pathDavid W. Hodgins
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  `* Re: work pathDoug Laidlaw
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 by: faeychild - Thu, 12 Aug 2021 23:51 UTC

I notice that all program "Properties" have a 'Work Path" which is
never filled in.
How important is it
Should the path be defined.
Does leaving it blank affect the operation
Can it be a temp file/partition

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From: dwhodg...@nomail.afraid.org (David W. Hodgins)
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Subject: Re: work path
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 by: David W. Hodgins - Fri, 13 Aug 2021 01:31 UTC

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:51:16 -0400, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> I notice that all program "Properties" have a 'Work Path" which is
> never filled in.
> How important is it
> Should the path be defined.
> Does leaving it blank affect the operation
> Can it be a temp file/partition

It's used to make the selected directory the present working directory the program
inherits in it's starting environment (PWD variable).

If the program doesn't use the present working directory passed to it, then setting
it's value does nothing other then wasting a tiny amount of space and your time.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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 by: faeychild - Fri, 13 Aug 2021 02:50 UTC

On 13/8/21 11:31 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> it's value does nothing other then wasting a tiny amount of space and
> your time.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

Cleared that up.
Thanks Dave.,

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From: laidl...@hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw)
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Subject: Re: work path
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 by: Doug Laidlaw - Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:02 UTC

On 13/8/21 12:50 pm, faeychild wrote:
> On 13/8/21 11:31 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>
>> it's value does nothing other then wasting a tiny amount of space and
>> your time.
>>
>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>>
>
> Cleared that up.
> Thanks Dave.,
>
So..what ids the default work path? If I start a program with a command
by a full path to /usr/bin, starting from my current directory, which is
not writable, what is the "work path" in that case?

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From: dwhodg...@nomail.afraid.org (David W. Hodgins)
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 by: David W. Hodgins - Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:51 UTC

On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:02:46 -0400, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
> So..what ids the default work path? If I start a program with a command
> by a full path to /usr/bin, starting from my current directory, which is
> not writable, what is the "work path" in that case?

If the PWD has not been set and you try to use it, it starts as $HOME. The value for
$HOME is set in /etc/passwd.

From "man 5 passwd" ...
directory This is the user's home directory: the initial directory where the user is placed after logging in. The value in this field is used to set the HOME environment variable.

Any time you run the cd command, it changes the value in PWD.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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