Bug #1163
GMT5.4.2 in Windows7
| Status: | Closed | Start date: | 2017-10-26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | 2017-10-27 | |
| Assignee: |  Paul | % Done: | 100% | |
| Category: | - | |||
| Target version: | Candidate for next bugfix release | |||
| Affected version: | 5.4.2 | Platform: | Windows |
Description
I have installed GMT5.4.2 in my Win7 system , as I run the script , it warns :
gmt: Unable to create GMT User directory : /Users/zhao/.gmt
gmt: Auto-downloading of earth_relief_##m|s.grd files has been disabled.
Referring to this [issue](http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/issues/1098),
I resolve it by adding a new system variable named `HOME` whose value is `C:\Users\zhao\.gmt`
I think you will fix it soon ,right ?
History
#1
Updated by Paul over 2 years ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
That would be the wrong value for HOME. Could you try setting it to 'C:\Users\shao' and see if that also works. Please remove that .gmt directory first to see if it gets recreated.
#2
Updated by zhiyuan over 2 years ago
Thanks for your reply , when I change the HOME value to `C:\Users\zhao` , it will be recreated the .gmt directory normally .
#3
Updated by Joaquim over 2 years ago
But the issue is, if I understand it correctly, that the user directory could not be created if no HOME env variable exists, right?
#4
Updated by zhiyuan over 2 years ago
Joaquim wrote:
But the issue is, if I understand it correctly, that the user directory could not be created if no HOME env variable exists, right?
Yes,the test result is what you understanding . But there is just only one exception , if I dont't create HOME variable , there is no warning messages when running scripts in any folder of the system disk C.
#5
Updated by zhiyuan over 2 years ago
The bug still remains in GMT5.4.3 in Windows7 , that the user directory could not be created if no HOME env variable exists.
#6
Updated by Paul over 2 years ago
A bit tricky for us to create a directory in the home directory if there is no HOME variable to examine. Is there another environment variable that Windows set that we could use as a fallback?
#7
Updated by Paul over 2 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
- Assignee set to Paul
- Target version set to Candidate for next bugfix release
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
We have now added a check for USERPROFILE as well, so hopefully this will do it. In r19557.