Closed dokempf closed 1 month ago
There are two (not mutually exclusive) ways to go about this:
%USERPROFILE%
or %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
working_dir
I think the latter should definitely be done. Whether %USERPROFILE%
, which I think is %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\%USERNAME%
, or %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
is the better default, I'm not quite sure yet.
I do think we should definitely implement the second point though. In that case, you could set working_dir
to %USERPROFILE%
in your recipe and it would work.
I do think we should definitely implement the second point though. In that case, you could set
working_dir
to%USERPROFILE%
in your recipe and it would work.
Wouldn't that work anyway? The rendering is delayed until execution, but Windows then does it. At least, that is what I manually tested by manipulating the shortcut.
If you want me to contribute a PR here, please let me know.
For the execution, yes, but looking at this issue, I found a small bug that creates and unwanted directory : https://github.com/conda/menuinst/blob/main/menuinst/platforms/win.py#L161-L162
I think from what I'm reading %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
is what's the "canonical" home directory and I am currently thinking that this should stay the default. You are right though that %HOMEDRIVE%
needs to be added.
If you want me to contribute a PR here, please let me know.
You are welcome to do so if you have the time. I just assigned the issue to myself to fix it, but I'm happy to have you take over. Just let me know so we don't interfere with each other.
If you're on it already, it sure is more efficient for you to do it. I just wanted to express my willingness to contribute.
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What happened?
In the absence of the
working_dir
key, on Windows,menuinst
uses%HOMEPATH%
as the default. However, I have stumbled over this on a system, where the home was not on theC:
drive. In order to also get the drive, one would need to use%HOMEDRIVE%
. When googling to find a solution, I also stumbled over a number of reports that these two variables may not be set in some circumstances.I would therefore suggest to maybe use
%USERPROFILE%
for that purpose. Apparently, it is always set to a full path.Conda Info
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