[CTAKES-162] Command line scripts leave the user back one directory

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-incubating
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.1
• Component/s: ctakes-clinical-pipeline, ctakes-utils
• Assignee: Pei Chen
• Reporter: Troy Bleeker
• Created: 18/Feb/13 19:39
• Updated: 07/Nov/14 17:05
• Resolved: 07/Nov/14 17:05

Description

Windows was tested. When you run either command runctakesCVD.bat or runctakesCPE.bat the scripts run commands to kick off java that will ultimately change the operating directory back to the home directory. For example,

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C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating>cd \apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating\bin

C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating\bin>runctakesCVD.bat

C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating\bin>set CURRENT_DIR=C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-inc
ubating\bin

C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating\bin>if not "C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating"
== "" goto gotHome

C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating\bin>if exist "C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubatin
g\bin\runctakesCVD.bat" goto okHome

C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating\bin>cd C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating

C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating>java -cp "C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating/li
b/*;C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating/desc/;C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating/re
sources/" -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/C:\apache-ctakes-3.0.0-incubating/config/l
og4j.xml -Xms512M -Xmx1024M org.apache.uima.tools.cvd.CVD
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I started in the bin directory. After the command I am no longer there. Why does that matter? If a newcomer does not notice this they will not understand why they cannot run the command twice in a row. It is also just inconvenient.

As a workaround a user can start in cTAKES_HOME and issue the command prefixed with the bin directory like so bin\runctakesCVD.bat but again this is not convenient.