That is because HOME is usually not defined. If you do the same for homepath, you should see your windows homedir.
Peter On Wednesday 01 April 2009 15:24:09 Francisco Fiuza Jr wrote: > Typing echo %HOME% just printed literally %HOME%. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Peter Bienstman > > <peter.bienst...@ugent.be>wrote: > > Both seem to work :-) > > > > Peter > > > > On Wednesday 01 April 2009 15:04:16 Francisco Fiuza Jr wrote: > > > In windows the commands are: > > > > > > set HOME > > > set HOMEPATH > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Peter Bienstman > > > > <peter.bienst...@ugent.be>wrote: > > > > If Mnemosyne can't create its data directory, that could be because > > > > it's > > > > > > write > > > > protected (or any of it's parent directories), full, or corrupt. > > > > Could you have a look at these and also try a checkdisk? > > > > > > > > Incidentally, what is the output of the following 3 commands if you > > > > type > > > > > > them > > > > in a terminal window? > > > > > > > > echo %HOME% > > > > echo %HOMEPATH% > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 01 April 2009 14:04:24 Clayton Carson wrote: > > > > > Yes > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 1, 6:14 pm, Jason Axelson <bostonvaul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Have you done a computerized search for the .mnemosyne folder? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Clayton Carson > > > > > > > > > > > > <clayton.car...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Ok, so first I renamed my .mnemosyne folder and deleted and > > > > excess > > > > > > > > > mnemosyne related material on my computer. next I uninstalled > > > > > > > and reinstalled mnemosyne, however after reinstalling I noticed > > > > > > > there was no new .mnemosyne folder created in /clayton. When I > > > > > > > try to start Mnemosyne up I get the error "Unable to load > > > > > > > database. Creating tmp file." I then click ok in this error > > > > > > > popup, however mnemosyne does > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > > start. I can then rename my original .mnemosyne folder back > > > > > > > to .mnemosyne, however still no backups are created. If you > > > > > > > need any more information feel free to ask. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 31, 10:40 pm, Peter Bienstman <peter.bienst...@ugent.be> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> Can you tell me exactly what you did, what happens when the > > > > > > >> program starts, what the error messages are, ... > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Try to be as precise a possible, e.g. there is no such thing > > > > > > >> as > > > > a > > > > > > .mem > > > > > > > > > > >> folder, only a .mnemosyne folder containing a file > > > > > > >> default.mem. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Without detailed info, it's difficult to know what is going > > > > > > >> on. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Cheers, > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Peter > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> On Tuesday 31 March 2009 13:45:22 Clayton Carson wrote: > > > > > > >> > The program wasn't starting normally I found a way around > > > > > > >> > renaming it but before that it wouldn't start, what would be > > > > > > >> > causing mnemosyne not to create a .mnemosyne folder? I have > > > > > > >> > deleted all mnemosyne files on my computer keeping only my > > > > .mem > > > > > > > > >> > as a renamed folder yet on installing still no .mem file is > > > > > > >> > created. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > On Mar 31, 4:26?pm, Peter Bienstman > > > > > > >> > <peter.bienst...@ugent.be > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:15:14 Clayton Carson wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > I renamed mnemosyne but now i cant rename it back to > > > > > > > > .mnemosyne, > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > whenever i try I just get an error message "you must > > > > > > >> > > > type > > > > a > > > > > > file > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > name" and in addition when reinstalling mnemosyne is not > > > > > > >> > > > creating a new .mem folder > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > Are you sure it is not ending up someplace unexpected? > > > > > > >> > > There has to be a .mnemosyne folder, otherwise the program > > > > > > >> > > won't > > > > be > > > > > > > > >> > > able > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > >> > > start normally. Do a (computerised) search for .mnemosyne > > > > > > >> > > on > > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > > > > >> > > hard drive and usb drive. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > After it's created and you verified that everything is > > > > > > >> > > working, you can copy the contents of .mnemosyne_renamed > > > > > > >> > > (or whatever) > > > > > > > > back > > > > > > > > > > >> > > to the .mnemosyne directory that was created by the > > > > > > >> > > program. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > Peter > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > >> Peter Bienstman > > > > > > >> Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > > > > > >> Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > > > > > >> tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > > > > > >> WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > > > > > >> email: peter.bienst...@ugent.be > > > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Peter Bienstman > > > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > > > WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > > > email: peter.bienst...@ugent.be > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Peter Bienstman > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > email: peter.bienst...@ugent.be > > ------------------------------------------------ > > -- ------------------------------------------------ Peter Bienstman Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be email: peter.bienst...@ugent.be ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. 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