[izpack-user] how to get the directory where the executable is?

[Gabriel Rossetti]

Hello,

I am trying to get the directory where the intaller executable is. I
have this :

in my install.xml:

<file src="copy.bat" targetdir="." unpack="false" override="true"/>
<parsable type="plain" targetfile=".\copy.bat"/>
<executable type="bin" stage="postinstall" keep="false"
targetfile=".\copy.bat"/>

and copy.bat :

@echo off
move /y .\config.txt "$INSTALL_PATH"

config.txt is right next to install.exe, but it can't find it, this
works on linux though, does anyone know why it doesn't work on windows?

Thanks,
Gabriel

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[Andreas Vef]

Hello Gabriel,

the current directory during installation is not the location of the install.exe (which is only a self-extracting 7zip archive), it's a temporary folder in %TEMP% to which it writes the installer.jar and then it starts Java with this jar.
Do you use a real installer binary on linux too, or do you use "java -jar installer.jar" ?

Andreas

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[Gabriel Rossetti]

Hello Andreas,

Thanks for the clarification. On linux I use the .jar, on windows the
.exe, and on mac the .app. So if I understand correctly, on linux it
works because it's just the jar and thus not extracted anywhere (on mac
it also works like this), but on windows it is extracted somewhere in
%TEMP%. Is there a way to get the same behavior on windows as with mac &
linux?

Thanks,
Gabriel

[Andreas Vef]

Hello Gabriel,

it's probably possible, but I think you have to modify the self-extractor configuration.
The location is available there, so you should be able to pass it to Java, for example as a sytem property.
You can find more information about the self-extractor at http://www.7zsfx.info/en/

Andreas

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