wmarkham
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Is there a way to run the stock Linux JtRH without using ~/.caravel/drod-2.0/DataPath.txt? I have two installations of the Data directory, and would like to switch between them easily. What's the best way to do it?

Weston

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The most straightforward way is to just make a script that deletes ~/.caravel/drod-2_0/DataPath.txt before it runs JtRH. If DataPath.txt is missing, it will be regenerated (as long as JtRH can find its data, which it should be able to in most cases). You can use the DROD_2_0_DAT_PATH and DROD_2_0_RES_PATH environment variables in case the data (.dat & .ini) and/or resources (the rest) are in a non-standard location (or if you want to do fancy stuff like having multiple Data dirs with one executable, having seperate data but sharing resources between two installations, etc).

You could also make the Data dir a symlink and point it to the right path with a script.

- Gerry

wmarkham
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The environment variables give me what I want. Thanks!

Weston