[Zope] ZRTChat - updated

Jim Washington jwashin@vt.edu
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:31:18 -0400


Danny William Adair wrote:

>Hello Jim,
>
>yes,
>
>os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME,'Products')
>
>should do, even if you don't have a INSTANCE_HOMEd installation
>
>If I read
>
>lib/python/App/FindHomes.py
>
>correctly, Zope's INSTANCE_HOME will be set to the same value as 
>SOFTWARE_HOME if there is no environment variable found with that name
>
>from http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Products/Zope/2.4.0/CHANGES.txt :
> - If an INSTANCE_HOME is defined and has a 'lib/python'
>          subdirectory, it will be added to the front of the Python path.
>
>(which means that products have to reside under 
>"INSTANCE_HOME/Products" rather than "INSTANCE_HOME/lib/python/Products", got 
>that wrong in my last email)
>
>BTW, There also is a nice how-to at 
>http://www.zope.org/Members/4am/instancehome
>
Thanks again, Danny

My Debian installation puts INSTANCE_HOME in /var/lib/zope/, so it turns 
out I have to look in both locations to find the Products directory. 
 Fun exercise, though.

I updated the .tgz on zope.org a few moments ago.

-- Jim Washington