how do i set working directory in applinks?

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arfman

Beginner

Posts: 7

Sunday, April 27th 2003, 11:58pm

how do i set working directory in applinks?

hi,

how can i set a "working directory" in KDE application links? i want to make a link for mldonkey on my desktop, but mldonkey needs to be started within the directory it was first started from, and so i need to fill in this directory to be changed into before "mldonkey" is called - just what "working directory" in win95 used to do.

I did not find any option for this when i created a KDE program link

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arfman

Beginner

Posts: 7

Monday, April 28th 2003, 12:07am

i am able to set a work directory when i add a program link to the K menu, but not when i try to make a program link on the desktop. Is this by design? I think it's disturbing :oops:

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anda_skoa

Professional

Posts: 1,273

Location: Graz, Austria

Occupation: Software Developer

Monday, April 28th 2003, 8:19pm

You could try to set a combined command.
Something like
cd workingdir && realcommand

or create a small shellscript doing the cd

[code:1]
#!/bin/sh
cd /workingdir
realcommand
[/code:1]

an create a link to that on the desktop.

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