Progress/400
Product Guide
Preserving the Working Directory
The Native 4GL Client constructs the Progress/400 PROPATH as Progress does on other platforms. Progress/400 adds the path value (specified in the STRPROCLI utility) to the front of the default PROPATH value ’,/(install-directory)’. The preceding comma (,) in this default PROPATH value indicates that the working directory also will be prepended. It is possible to lose the working directory in the PROPATH if you do not specify enough commas in the PROPATH value.
For example, if you specify
’/home/mydir’
as PROPATH on the STRPROCLI command line, this is prepended to the default PROPATH of ’,/(install-directory)’ to produce’/home/mydir,/(
install-directory)’
. The single comma acts as a path delimiter and the working directory is lost. If you do want the working directory in the middle of the PROPATH, then the PROPATH value on the STRPROCLI command line should be’/home/mydir,’
resulting in a PROPATH of’/home/mydir,,/(
install-directory)/’
. In this case, the second comma indicates the working directory.
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