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  1. IGB
  2. IGBF-577

Scripting Engine should allow Relative File Paths

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        • Type: Improvement
        • Status: Closed (View Workflow)
        • Priority: Major
        • Resolution: Done
        • Affects Version/s: None
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          Description

          Currently the IGB Scripting engine forces a user to enter the full file path when referring to a file path (such as when using the Snapshot command).

          It would be nice if the scripting engine would allow a user to enter the relative file path if they wanted to.

          This would increase usability and decrease possible user frustrations.

          We should also examine how these file paths work in Windows (may be different than Unix) when attempting to work on this story.

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              ann.loraine Ann Loraine added a comment -

              By "relative," do we mean relative to the script?

              For example, if a script resides in:

              /User/mary/myscripts

              And a script contains the command:

              load File.bed

              then will IGB look for "File.bed" in /User/mary/myscripts ?

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              ann.loraine Ann Loraine added a comment - By "relative," do we mean relative to the script? For example, if a script resides in: /User/mary/myscripts And a script contains the command: load File.bed then will IGB look for "File.bed" in /User/mary/myscripts ?
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              mason Mason Meyer (Inactive) added a comment - - edited

              I think it could either be relative to the script OR relative to the home directory.

              I think you put it best in your e-mail:

              1. support true relative paths: when saving or accessing a file, if user does not specify the absolute path to a file, then the file path should be relative to the location of the script file (if the script file is local) or relative to the user’s home directory (if the script file is remote)

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              mason Mason Meyer (Inactive) added a comment - - edited I think it could either be relative to the script OR relative to the home directory. I think you put it best in your e-mail: 1. support true relative paths: when saving or accessing a file, if user does not specify the absolute path to a file, then the file path should be relative to the location of the script file (if the script file is local) or relative to the user’s home directory (if the script file is remote)
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              mason Mason Meyer (Inactive) added a comment -

              Testing verifies that the scripting engine allows relative file paths on Mac when using the tilda symbol. Since this story is resolved it will now be closed.

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              mason Mason Meyer (Inactive) added a comment - Testing verifies that the scripting engine allows relative file paths on Mac when using the tilda symbol. Since this story is resolved it will now be closed.

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                  mason Mason Meyer (Inactive)
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                  mason Mason Meyer (Inactive)
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