[PATCH] Allow override of the dotfile location

[Derek Atkins]

Why not just run:

  HOME=... gnucash

???   Or does this no longer work now that we've changed to
g_get_home_dir()?

-derek

James Radley <james at hiltonbury.com> writes:

> The attached patch allows you to override the '.gnucash' directory. 
> Currently, this always defaults to ${HOME}/.gnucash which is a problem 
> if you are developing GNC, and don't want to impact the existing stable 
> GNC2.0.x installation that I'm using for my real accounts.
>
> Essentially, setting the "GNC_DOT_DIR" environment variable will cause 
> the dotdir and it's associated files to sit in ${GNC_DOT_DIR}. If the 
> variable is not set, the old behaviour is used.
>
> James
>
>
>
>
> Index: src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c
> ===================================================================
> --- src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c	(revision 15738)
> +++ src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c	(working copy)
> @@ -382,14 +382,17 @@
>    if (dotgnucash)
>      return dotgnucash;
>  
> -  home = g_get_home_dir();
> -  if (!home) {
> -    g_warning("Cannot find home directory. Using tmp directory instead.");
> -    home = g_get_tmp_dir();
> +  dotgnucash = getenv("GNC_DOT_DIR");
> +  if(!dotgnucash) {
> + 	 home = g_get_home_dir();
> +  	if (!home) {
> +   		 g_warning("Cannot find home directory. Using tmp directory instead.");
> +   	 	home = g_get_tmp_dir();
> +  	}
> +  	g_assert(home);
> +
> +  	dotgnucash = g_build_filename(home, ".gnucash", (gchar *)NULL);
>    }
> -  g_assert(home);
> -
> -  dotgnucash = g_build_filename(home, ".gnucash", (gchar *)NULL);
>    gnc_validate_directory(dotgnucash);
>  
>    /* Since we're in code that is only executed once.... */
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