.------[ Paul Tremblay wrote (2002/08/21 at 13:06:55) ]------
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| I am writing a script that converts RTF to XML, and this script needs
| to read an external data file to form a hash. I plan to make this
| script available to anyone who needs it, and am wondering what to do
| with this external data file.
|
| Should I simply make the data file available with the script and tell
| the user where to put it? Right now, I have it in
| /usr/share/rtf2xml/char_data.data.
|
| How about on a Windows system, which I don't know much about?
|
| Should I write a scrpt that creates a directory and puts the data file
| in that directory? What is the standard procedure here?
|
| Also, the script outputs to standard output. Future versions might
| require that the script make one run through the file, write to a temp
| file, then make a run through the temp file. Where should I put this
| temp file (if I need to make one, that is)?
|
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If we're talking about a Unix system then I would create a
configuration file for the script or have it accept commandline
arguments to define where the data and temp files should go.
I'm not familiar with Windows so I wouldn't be much help there.
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