Re: [Bug-gnubg] .gnubgautorc under windows

[Holger]

At 23:19 13.10.2003, Holger wrote:
> At 22:04 13.10.2003, Joern Thyssen wrote:
> > > >I suggest the following:
> > > >
> > > >gnubg read and writes .gnubgautorc, .gnubg/* to/from
> > > >
> > > >(a) HOME on posix systems
> > > >(b) USERPROFILE on later windows versions
> > > >(c) current directory otherwise


> > What do you propose then? I think it's a severe requirement that the
> > user must be logged on as super user!
>
> Hmm, let's see. Well, first, logged in as administrator doesn't help and 
> actually brings problems. %USERPROFILE% would then be the one of the 
> administrator, not the user's. Also, user permissions are enough. Every 
> user has in his %USERPROFILE% full permissions.
>
> My suggestion is something like this:
> If env. var. USERPROFILE exists
>         if directory %USERPROFILE%\gnubg doesn't exist
>                 mkdir %USERPROFILE%\gnubg
>         if directory %USERPROFILE%\gnubg exists
>                 set it as homedirectory
> else
>         homedirectory = "."  or  = datadirectory

Another option might be to create user directories like <gnubg install 
folder>\.gnubg\username.

Advantages:
- no scattered directories, everything under one tree
- no problems due to mutiple gnubg installations/versions that access the 
same prefs
Disadvantages:
- maybe insufficient user rights in gnubg's install folder (but not really 
a problem since easily rounded)
- no automatic prevention from one user seeing/editing other user's pref 
files (on the other hand the %USERPROFILE% tree only has full access by 
this user and no access by anybody else)

Regards,

        Holger