Is better to do something like %DOSAPPS% so you can have apps on their own dir
2009/4/5, Blair Campbell <blaird...@gmail.com>: >> It appears that any binary package installed on FreeDOS goes to /BIN. >> Besides that, there's no clear directive about "how to install 3rd party >> apps". > > It should be %DOSDIR%\bin > >> >> I would propose the following rules: >> - Any DOS replacement stuff (move, tree, format...) goes to \BIN\ >> - Any system enhacement (grep, ls, pcisleep, cwsdpmi, fdupdate...) goes to >> \SBIN\ > > Why? This would mean that the %PATH% variable would need to be longer. > >> - Any 3rd party program (SEAL, Arachne, FreeBASIC, MPXPLAY...) goes to >> $apps\programs\ > > Currently in FD1.0 , seal goes in %DOSDIR%\seal, arachne in > %DOSDIR%\arachne, etc... MPXPlay only has a single binary (plus > possibly dlls), so I would package that to go in %DOSDIR%\bin. > >> - Any 3rd party game (Doom...) goes to $apps\games\ > > Games in FD 1.0 go in %DOSDIR%\games\gamename, so similar idea. >> >> Obviously, it would require to set a mandatry $apps env variable, and >> extends the PATH to \SBIN\ as well. >> >> What are you thinking about that? Discussion's open ;-) >> >> Regards, >> Mateusz Viste >> -- >> You'll find my public OpenPGP key at >> http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/pub_key >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury Tel: +58-(212)-6158777 Cel: +58-(414)-3142282 Fax: +58-(212)-2410828 Skype: marcoachury www.geocities.com/marcoachury ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
