> That is what I did for the first prototype. I thought this would be a beeter > solution. > > Out of curiosity, have I hit a nerve or something. Have I somehow offended? > I'm just a bit confused by some of the responses.
no. i don't think anyone's offended. and i personally think the env variable is fine. but i can see the objection to complication. if i were you, the question i'd why have a list of hardcoded roots at all? none are even in the user's home directory. - erik
