Re: Packing a C# project.

Resending this, since the list was down when I sent it...

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Isak Savo <isak.savo@...> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Neil Munro <neilmunro@...> wrote:
>>
>> 2008/6/4 Isak Savo <isak.savo@...>:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Neil Munro <neilmunro@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > 2008/6/4 Isak Savo <isak.savo@...>:
>>
>> if (File.Exist("../../images/image.png"))
>>   myImageFile = "../../images/image.png";
>> else
>>  myImageFile = Path.Combine(Binreloc.DataDir ... //etc...
>>
>> That way, it doesn't matter which compile mode you build the program
>> in, it'll always just work.
>
> I like this method. Looks like a lot of work initially, but I don't mind too
> much.

 I agree. This is typically the solution I do.

>>
>> For 2), you'd have to setup MonoDevelop to actually copy everything to
>> a location on your disk and run it from there. This method would
>> require you to write some shell scripts. You can configure custom
>> commands by right clicking on your project file in monodevelop, select
>> properties and then navigate to
>> Configurations -> Debug (Active) -> Custom Commands.
>
> So what are the custom commands I need to set up, what do I need to copy
> where? Could I not have the folder in ../share and a sym-link that BinReloc
> looks in?

 You would create a bash script in your source directory called, e.g.
 post-build.sh
 That script would typically do:

 #!/bin/sh
 prefix=/tmp/myprogram-debug
 mkdir -p "$prefix/bin"
 mkdir -p "$prefix/share/myprogram"
 #copy binary to bin
 cp bin/Debug/myprogram "$prefix/bin"
 #copy data to share, just use cp to copy whatever data files you need
 to $prefix/share/myprogram/

 Then you call this script from mono-develop after a successfull build
 (using the options i talked about)

 But if you do solution 1) above, you don't need this script at all.

> I have set the binary output directory to be Debug and data should be in
> share/ below that and I would like to have the binary in bin/ so what script
> magic do I need?

Go with 1) above and don't change anything in monodevelop! That's
probably the easiest method.

>> I was a bit unclear, "/etc" is mostly used for system configuration
>> files. Normal applications rarely place anything there, mostly servers
>> and fundamental system tools do that. (There are a few exceptions to
>> this rule though, for example programs that use the GConf
>> configuration system, like the GNOME apps, they put their default
>> configuration values there.. but that's a completely different story..
>> let's not go there right now :)
>>
>> Configuration files which are ment to be changed by the user should be
>> stored in the users home directory. Typically, you would store them in
>> ~/.config/yourprogram or something like that (either just one file, or
>> a directory with multiple files depending on how much configuration
>> files you need.. probably just one!)
>>
>> Anything else should most likely go to $prefix/share/yourprogram.
>
> Got ya, only really use bin and share, right?

For most applications, yes.

If you're really interested in how the directory layout works, you
should read up on the FHS document (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard):
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

-Isak

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