Hi Rev folks!
With (more than) a little off-list help, I have managed to improve my
standalone module for discovering fundamental system path information in
Linux. You can download it here:
http://www.howsoft.com/runrev/sysinfo/get_sys_info_linux.zip
When extracting the program from the ZIP file, please note that you may
have to give it "executable" status by right-clicking the file and
changing the properties. This is a little problem I am still working on.
It is still a GUI version, but now it really is 100% invisible! As
before, the output file (sys_info.txt) contains the following paths, but
you will see that if a path is not available in a particular distro, it
is marked as such. Here's an example of what you get in Ubuntu
(Debian-based, Gnome):-
/home/bob/Desktop/ (DesktopFolder)
/home/bob/ (PreferencesFolder)
/usr/ (SystemFolder)
/tmp/ (TemporaryFolder)
/home/bob/ (ApplicationSupportFolder)
failed (FontsFolder)
failed (StartupItemsFolder)
/home/bob/.Trash/ (TrashFolder)
- and here's what you get in Kurumin (Debian-based, KDE):
/home/kurumin/Desktop/ (DesktopFolder)
/home/kurumin/ (PreferencesFolder)
/usr/ (SystemFolder)
/tmp/ (TemporaryFolder)
/home/kurumin/ (ApplicationSupportFolder)
failed (FontsFolder)
failed (StartupItemsFolder)
failed (TrashFolder)
[N.B. In the above, "kurumin" is also the default user name.]
This new version should not get hung up if a path is not available in
the distro. Regardless of the paths available, the module should always
quit after it has done its job.
For an example of how to shell this module (get_sys_info_linux) from
your Rev handler, please refer to the demo stack for my File/Picture
Chooser Widgets at:
http://www.howsoft.com/runrev/stacks.htm
In addition, you would be advised to delete the file "sys_info.txt"
before calling the shell and also, after shelling, to set a timer on the
appearance of the "sys_info.txt" file so that if in fact it does not
appear for any reason, your Rev handler does not get stuck in an
infinite waiting loop. This is another aspect that requires a little
polishing.
There may be further improvements to this module, and it is possible
that the next version will be a lighter console (i.e. non-GUI) rendering.
I hope that this temporary workaround is of some use to you. Please let
me know if you have any observations.
Regards to all,
Bob Warren
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