[Wine] Re: Clean enviroments in Wine

[bigseb]

Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 13:25 -0600, bigseb wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, Martin. I am not very terminal fluent so:
> > cd $HOME   ----> change to home directory
> > 
> Correct. Running "cd" with no arguments does the same but I showed the
> other form because what it does is more obvious.
> 
> 
> > mkdir .wine_myapp   -----> create a dir in home folder with apps name
> > 
> > 
> Correct.
> 
> 
> > export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine_myapp"  ----> don't know what this does :(
> > 
> > 
> This redefines the $WINEPREFIX shell variable, which wine uses to find
> the prefix its going the use. $WINEPREFIX defaults to "$HOME/.wine"
> 
> 
> > I'll check out the link, in the meantime what does a wrapper script do?
> > 
> > 
> Its a short-hand way of running an application in a non-default prefix.
> You can simply type the script name at the command prompt or create a
> launcher that uses it: this lets you click an icon to run it.
> 
> The site that link references is mine: I use it for computer-related
> stuff.
> 
> 
> Martin


Top stuff Martin. Much appreciated. I'll report on how it goes...