[MPlayer-cygwin] get_path cygwin

[Joey Parrish]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 02:17:04AM -0500, compn wrote:
> Diego wrote:
> >compn writes:
> >> trying to build my own cygwin mplayer, and cant figure the path
> >> part, mplayer keeps trying to load codecs.conf from a diff dir than
> >> i want it to.
> >>
> >> e.g. my mplayer returns
> >> get_path('input.conf') -> '/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/resu/.mplayer/input.conf'
> >> Can't open input config file /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/resu/.mplayer/input.conf:
> >> joey's mplayer returns
> >> Parsing input config file C:\programs\mplayer\input.ini
> >> Input config file C:\programs\mplayer\input.ini parsed: 44 binds
> >>
> >> can joey's get_path be sent into main?
> >> "hijack get_path in favor of my own version"
> >> http://mirror-unt.nicewarrior.org/cygmp/20040928/patches-20040928/40.winstuff.patch
> >
> >What options did you pass to configure?
> 
> --with-confdir=mplayer
> 
> then says cannot open mplayer/input.conf (unless i'm in c:\programs\mplayer
> then it works).

That's because confdir=mplayer is a relative path.  If you want a
complete path, you should SPECIFY a complete path.

--Joey

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