Spurious folder created

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It seems a C:\Program Files\Flax folder is sometimes being created and
populated with logs/, conf/ and var/ subfolders. Perhaps something isn't
playing nicely with spaces in path names. Doesn't seem to break anything.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by charliej...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2007 at 1:14

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That would be an odd effect from not playing nicely with spaces - I'd expect it 
to
create "C:\Program" instead of coping with the first space but not the second.  
I
suppose that if "Flax Site Search" was specified as a relative path in the 
installer
somewhere, it could be getting cut off.

Currently, if flax is started with its data directory set to a path which 
doesn't
exist, it will create that directory (and the logs/ conf/ and var/ subfolders). 
Perhaps it shouldn't do that - then we'd get an error instead, and could fix the
problem, instead of scattering files across the filesystem.

Lets try and tidy this up for 1.0 if possible.

Original comment by boulton.rj@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2007 at 1:30

• Added labels: Milestone-Release1.0

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Does this still happen?  I've done quite a few build/install/uninstall cycles on
mongoose now, and not observed this folder being created at all.

Original comment by boulton.rj@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2007 at 1:42

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Nor have I. May be a red herring.

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2007 at 4:03

• Changed state: WontFix