Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Done
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: None
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Labels:None
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Story Points:1
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Epic Link:
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Sprint:Sprint 20
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.
Attachments
Activity
| Field | Original Value | New Value |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Link | IGBF-568 [ 15637 ] |
| 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. |
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. |
| Sprint | Sprint 17 [ 22 ] |
| Rank | Ranked higher |
| Assignee | Tarun Mall [ tmall ] |
| Sprint | Sprint 17 [ 22 ] |
| Sprint | Sprint 18 [ 23 ] |
| Rank | Ranked higher |
| Status | Open [ 1 ] | In Progress [ 3 ] |
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)
| Story Points | 1 |
| Status | In Progress [ 3 ] | Needs Testing [ 10002 ] |
| Rank | Ranked higher |
| Sprint | Sprint 18 [ 23 ] |
| Sprint | Sprint 19 [ 24 ] |
| Rank | Ranked higher |
| Rank | Ranked higher |
| Assignee | Tarun Mall [ tmall ] | Mason Meyer [ mason ] |
| Rank | Ranked lower |
| Sprint | Sprint 19 [ 24 ] |
| Sprint | Sprint 20 [ 25 ] |
| Rank | Ranked higher |
| Status | Needs Testing [ 10002 ] | Testing In Progress [ 10003 ] |
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.
| Resolution | Done [ 10000 ] | |
| Status | Testing In Progress [ 10003 ] | Closed [ 6 ] |
| Workflow | Loraine Lab Workflow [ 15851 ] | Fall 2019 Workflow Update [ 19449 ] |
| Workflow | Fall 2019 Workflow Update [ 19449 ] | Revised Fall 2019 Workflow Update [ 21566 ] |
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 ?