[Paraview] home directory and open file

Dave Semeraro semeraro at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Thu Feb 22 11:20:41 EST 2007


Thanks,

This is a big help.

Dave
At 04:07 PM 2/21/2007, Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>The default directory to read files from is stored in the file
>~/.ParaViewrc on Unix or in the registry on Windows.  If the information
>has not been written or if the directory is invalid, the directory in
>which pvserver was run is used.
>
>-Ken
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org
>[mailto:paraview-
> > bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Dave Semeraro
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:06 AM
> > To: paraview at paraview.org
> > Subject: [Paraview] home directory and open file
> >
> > Hello paraviewers,
> >
> > I have a question about default directories in paraview 2.4. I am
>running
> > in client server
> > mode. I notice that when I run the server (pvserver) as myself the
>default
> > directory
> > for opening files is my home directory on the server. This makes sense
>but
> > for
> > reasons that I will not elaborate on I would like to be able to
>specify a
> > different
> > directory as the default. That is when I first try to read a file I
>would
> > like the menu to
> > open to directory /foo/paraview instead of /home/semeraro. Is there an
> > environment
> > variable I can set to make this happen? Is it even possible without
> > altering the source?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave Semeraro
> >
> >
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