Linux Lazarus (Free Pascal) default directories and folders
lazarus / 1-Linux

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MalabarFlash · 2013-05-11 19:22

Ref:     Lazarus 0.9.30.4-4 r35971 FPC 2.6.0 x86_64-linux-gtk 2

I am new to Ubuntu 13.04 Linux and am struggling with the file system
and terminology.  I wrote a test program to write to a file and
another program to open that file.  I can not find it with the file
manager that came with Ununtu. 

1.  What is the default folder in Lazarus / Pascal that files are
written to and read from?
2.  Can a I/O folder be assigned in the Lazarus IDE?  If so, how?
3.  If there is a better file manager for former Windows users than
the one supplied with Ubuntu 13.04 what is it?

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Blaazen · 2013-05-11 19:53

Default path should be /home/$USERNAME.
Better (two panel) file manager is Double Commander. It is written in
Lazarus. http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ Use menu "Downloads"
(stable releases) or "Snapshots" (development version). Or maybe it is
in Ubuntu repositories.

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MalabarFlash · 2013-05-12 03:51

The default path is something other than /home/$username.   That is
the default path for my text editor but not Pascal.  There should be
some way to define it within Pascal, but I have been unable to find
it.

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Leledumbo · 2013-05-12 05:23

The default path is where your executable is executed (not necessarily
the executable location). If you want to know where, execute
ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0) to see where the system starts your
executable.

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MalabarFlash · 2013-05-12 17:38

Thank you,


My default directory was /tmp/              In the environment -
options area I experimented and found I can change the default
directory by changing the "Directory for building test projects.