[izpack-devel] Possible Bug in Target Panel

[Tino Schwarze]

Hi Hal,

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 03:41:57PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> I wasn't sure of the best way to search for this without getting a high 
> signal to noise ration, since search engines don't seem to handle 
> symbols well.
> 
> I set the default target directory for an install on *nix 
> to "~/MyProgram".  When it came up in the TargetPanel, I clicked 
> between the "My" and the "Program" then highlighted "Program" and 
> replaced it with "TestInstall".  That gave me "~/MyTestInstall" in the 
> text field.  Then when I clicked "Next" the dialog said it would create 
> the directory "/home/ha/~/MyTestInstall".  In other words, it added my 
> home directory to the path, but did NOT remove the "~" from the path 
> name.

That is because the ~ is replaced by your shell, not the operating
system and therefore ~ is a valid file name. So, if you type ~/MyProgram, 
this is similar to typing xzy/MyProgram - you'll end up with "current
directory"/xzy/MyProgram.  Maybe we could extend the IzPack code to
handle the ~, but then we should support ~user/ as well.

HTH,

Tino.

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