On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 03:30 PM, Alexandra Schnoes wrote:

I've been trying to use the DelPhiController (on a linux machine) and discovered that /pub/share/delphi/exe/delphi has been hard-coded into the path. Since 'delphi' is what DelPhi calls the IRIX compiled code and 'delphiLinux' is what the linux compiled version is called, I am assuming that the DelPhiController can only be used on SGIs. Is this correct? If so may I heartily request the extension to linux.

Hi Alexandra, The DelPhiController doesn't have a specific path hard-coded, it just tries to execute 'delphi'. From what you wrote, I'm guessing that on the machine you're using, there is a 'delphi' located in /pub/share/delphi/exe, and that that delphi is the IRIX version. There is also a 'delphiLinux' (possibly in that same directory?) which is what you would prefer to execute. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that delphi is normally called 'delphi' on all platforms and was renamed in the Cohen group to avoid a name conflict between the two versions. If that's the case then I think the default DelPhiController behavior is correct, though once it determined it couldn't find 'delphi' it could offer the user the chance to try a different name. Until that happens, you can work around the problem. In some directory earlier on your execution path than /pub/share/delphi/exe put a symbolic link named 'delphi' that points to /pub/share/delphi/exe/delphiLinux (if that's the directory where delphiLinux is located). I can send you directions for doing this if you tell me what shell you use (csh, tcsh, etc. ). Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab pett@cgl.ucsf.edu http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu