[Newbies] Application data management

[K. K. Subramaniam]

On Thursday 10 Jul 2008 2:21:18 pm cdrick wrote:
> > How can I get the current user home?
>
> home directory ?  FileDirectory default
There are multiple directory paths involved in Squeak;

1. Path where VM binary is located:
 SmalltalkImage current vmPath  "directory containing VM executable"

2. Path containing image file
	SmalltalkImage current imagePath "directory containing image"
	SmalltalkImage current imageName "full path of image file"

If you are running projects within a browser, the imageName is 
$HOME/.npsqueak/SqueakPlugin.image"

3. Current working directory ("home" directory) is $SQUEAK_USERDIR.
       FileDirectory default
   If $SQUEAK_USERDIR is not set, this defaults to "My Squeak/" sub-directory 
of the image directory. But if
   	Preferences startInUntrustedDirectory
     is false, then it is set to the image path, a trusted directory.

4. Security keys are generated in the directory $SQUEAK_SECUREDIR or 
in "secure/" sub-directory under the image directory.
      SecurityManager default

5. Lastly, loaded Projects are cached in  "Squeaklets/" sub-directory in 
current working directory (even if the project files come from a local 
path :-():
	Project squeakletDirectory

Hope this helps,
Subbu