wine version 20001002 running in rh7. installed and working. Have a newbie question about command line paths to access windows apps. No problem accessing anything in c:\windows eg freecell.exe by the simple command # wine freecell.exe the mount directory is named /dos (and is in /etc/wine/wine.conf under Drive c) so I assume that the command # wine /dos/agent/agent.exe should bring up the programme ? but it doesnt. "directory not found". I've tried several different strings but only executables in the \windows directory in win98 are actioned. Haven't yet found some howto or other guide on this part of the config so would appreciate a nudge in the right direction. thanks Brian -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ reply: bmorris to bmoyse nilads to paradise.net ny to nz
Brian <bmorris@nilads.co.ny> wrote:> wine version 20001002 running in rh7. installed and working. > Have a newbie question about command line paths to access windows apps. > No problem accessing anything in c:\windows eg freecell.exe by the simple > command # wine freecell.exe > the mount directory is named /dos (and is in /etc/wine/wine.conf under > Drive c) so I assume that the command > # wine /dos/agent/agent.exe should bring up the programme ? but it doesnt. > "directory not found". I've tried several different strings but only > executables in the \windows directory in win98 are actioned. > Haven't yet found some howto or other guide on this part of the config so > would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.Frequent problem. Always run Wine from the *destination* directory. Andreas Mohr
Brian <bmorris@nilads.co.ny> writes:> wine version 20001002 running in rh7. installed and working. > Have a newbie question about command line paths to access windows apps. > No problem accessing anything in c:\windows eg freecell.exe by the simple > command # wine freecell.exe > the mount directory is named /dos (and is in /etc/wine/wine.conf under > Drive c) so I assume that the command > # wine /dos/agent/agent.exe should bring up the programme ? but it doesnt. > "directory not found". I've tried several different strings but only > executables in the \windows directory in win98 are actioned. > Haven't yet found some howto or other guide on this part of the config so > would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.Suggested solutions to the problem: - In .wine/config add c:\\agent to the path variable, then you can type wine agent.exe anywhere and launch it. - cd /dos/agent; wine agent.exe - or wine "C:\\agent\\agent.exe" (might work not sure) -- Lasse Melsaeter <lasse.melsaeter@nooffice.com> Systemsdeveloper NoOffice Norge AS <http://www.nooffice.com/> - Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, You, with your fresh thoughts Care for, can you? Ah! as the heart grows older It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie And yet you will weep and know why. Now no matter, child, the name Sorrow's springs are the same: It is the blight man was born for, It is Margaret you mourn for. -- Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Brian <bmorris@nilads.co.ny> wrote:> wine version 20001002 running in rh7. installed and working. Have > a newbie question about command line paths to access windows apps. > No problem accessing anything in c:\windows eg freecell.exe by the > simple > command # wine freecell.exe > the mount directory is named /dos (and is in /etc/wine/wine.conf > under Drive c) so I assume that the command > # wine /dos/agent/agent.exe should bring up the programme ? but it > doesnt. "directory not found". I've tried several different > strings but only executables in the \windows directory in win98 are > actioned. >~/.wine/config: "Path" = "h:\\windows;h:\\windows\\system;f:\\;f:\\system" /dos should be mapped to a drive letter. ? H. -- Q: How many mutt users does it take to change a lightbulb? A: One. But you have to set the option auto-change-illumination in your .muttrc file. Dresdener LaTeX-Stammtisch: http://www.ifbus.de/~schubi/LatexDD.html
"Andreas Mohr" <aqi46g09cu001@sneakemail.com> wrote:> Frequent problem. > Always run Wine from the *destination* directory.Or, perhaps, better introduce a wine.conf setting that will force Wine to change to the destination directory first, since the vast majority of applications expect to be run from their home directory? Or even do it by default?
On 9 Feb 2001 04:26:07 GMT, in comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine Andreas Mohr <aqi46g09cu001@sneakemail.com> wrote:> Frequent problem. > Always run Wine from the *destination* directory. > > Andreas MohrBeware, Agent is an exception. It must be started from the directory where the agent.ini file is found, the exe may or maybe not in another place. If it is not in the current dir, a new agent.ini is created. Rein. -- Rein Klazes rklazes@casema.net
Brian wrote:> wine version 20001002 running in rh7. installed and working. > Have a newbie question about command line paths to access windows apps. > No problem accessing anything in c:\windows eg freecell.exe by the > simple > command # wine freecell.exe > the mount directory is named /dos (and is in /etc/wine/wine.conf under > Drive c) so I assume that the command > # wine /dos/agent/agent.exe should bring up the programme ? but it > # doesnt. > "directory not found". I've tried several different strings but only > executables in the \windows directory in win98 are actioned. > Haven't yet found some howto or other guide on this part of the config so > would appreciate a nudge in the right direction. > > thanks > BrianI have printed out all the responses and tried or followed most of them. [Drive x] was one I missed in the config - this has been done, and I've put some of the programmes I want into the path string. I can now access some (but not all) of the c:\ progs. IE5 spat the dummy in a big way. For MS Word I added the line under [Wine] printer=on but still cant print from it. plenty to do still but it is working and thats got to be good. thanks all Brian