dlcache - path specification

[dreamteam]

Hi,

is there a way to specify the location of the
dlcache
directory?

The reason is that I would like to have this folder outside the normal Nexiuz data path to be able to use this path with the different Nexuiz versions (2.23, 2.3 test3, 2.3 test4, etc)

Best regards,

dreamteam

[esteel]

I"m not aware of a way to change this on windows.. on linux you could use ~/.nexuiz/data/ or ~/.nexuiz/data/dlcache
Well on windows nt,2000, xp.. you can create a kind of symlink on NTFS filesytems but i never tried to do that..

[Mirio]

why u just do not copy it?...

[dreamteam]

I"m not aware of a way to change this on windows.. on linux you could use ~/.nexuiz/data/ or ~/.nexuiz/data/dlcache
Well on windows nt,2000, xp.. you can create a kind of symlink on NTFS filesytems but i never tried to do that..

so do I, but wouldn´t it by nice to be able to specify the path name for the dlcache in the settings? Could not be so difficult.


>why u just do not copy it?...
This is the way I am doing it right now, but over the time the amount of data is quite large and than you are in trouble to keep it in sync, that´s why I was thinking the more elegant way is to be able to specify the path for the dlcache.

Best regards,
dreamteam

[tChr]

I"m not aware of a way to change this on windows.. on linux you could use ~/.nexuiz/data/ or ~/.nexuiz/data/dlcache
Well on windows nt,2000, xp.. you can create a kind of symlink on NTFS filesytems but i never tried to do that..

so do I, but wouldn´t it by nice to be able to specify the path name for the dlcache in the settings?

Hmm i especially see the usefulness for this on a *nix system with several users, to share the DLcache.

[Psychcf]

yeah, I can as well... also if you don't want to save every pk3 you get you can use the /tmp/ dir

[KadaverJack]

Hmm i especially see the usefulness for this on a *nix system with several users, to share the DLcache.

Just create a new directory, make it chmod 1777 and symlink the dlcache there... No problem if you have symlinks
Only windows users have that problem, since there are no symlinks on windows. (at least not for the average user...)

[Psychcf]

Hmm i especially see the usefulness for this on a *nix system with several users, to share the DLcache.

Just create a new directory, make it chmod 1777 and symlink the dlcache there... No problem if you have symlinks
Only windows users have that problem, since there are no symlinks on windows. (at least not for the average user...)

oh yeah, didn't think about that. still, windows users are left in the dust, we should add this feature...

[KadaverJack]

The problem i see with adding this feature: currently the engine's security restrictions prevent it from reading/writing any files outside the gamedir. If the user is able to change the location of the dlcache directory, a malicious server could do the same and escape the "jail" that way...

[[RBI]Karl Ranseier]

Under Vista the dlcache directory can't be written directly to the game directory; it's redirected to the so-called 'virtual store' in the user's directory, i.e. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Nexuiz. Creating a symbolic link to it can be done using

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mklink

on the command line:

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mklink /J <link> <location of dlcache dir>

The /J stands for 'directory junction.'

Any doubts left that Windows is more user-friendly than UNIX-oid OSs?

Edit: mklink doesn't exist in Windows XP or earlier.