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Does -projectPath support relative paths?

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by GTaveira, Aug 9, 2013.

  1. GTaveira

    GTaveira

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    Hi,

    I'm trying to use the command line arguments to create a batch file to automate the build process of our project.

    Since it is a complex system with several different Unity projects and there are several developers working on it, I was hoping to create a batch file that would use relative path instead of absolute path, as the latter would require each developer to customize the batch file by setting the -projectPath to his project's local path.

    From my tests it seems that -projectPath only takes absolute paths. I tried several variations of relative paths but it simply did not work.

    The documentation on this topic does not bring enough information.


    My question is: does the argument -projectPath support relative paths?


    EDIT: I'm using Unity 4.1.2f1 and Windows 7 SP1
     
    Last edited: Aug 9, 2013
    GTaveira, Aug 9, 2013
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  2. GTaveira

    GTaveira

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    Does anyone have any insight on this possible limitation? I just wish to know if it is possible to pass a relative path to the -projectPath argument.

    Thanks in advance for the attention!
     
    GTaveira, Aug 26, 2013
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  3. Dustin-Horne

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    Where is your batch file located? There are a couple of things you can do... but let's say you force your devs to use a standard convention:


    <drive>:\<path>\<otherpath>\YourGamePath

    If you put your batch file inside <otherpath> and force it to be there... then you can use:
    %cd%\YourGamePath


    %cd% is a pseudo-variable in the batch file that gets the current directory.
     
    Dustin-Horne, Aug 26, 2013
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  4. GTaveira

    GTaveira

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    Hi Dustin,

    Thank you for your reply!

    That is exactly what I was looking for! I tried using the special variable %cd% to get the current directory and, since the batch file is already located at the project's root folder, it worked perfectly!
     
    GTaveira, Aug 30, 2013
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  5. Dustin-Horne

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    Awesome, glad to hear it. :) I couldn't remember for sure whether %cd% included the trailing slash or not but I figured you'd figure it out.
     
    Dustin-Horne, Aug 30, 2013
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  6. jimrogerz

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    %cd% is an environment variable that only works when running unity from a Windows command prompt. From a bash prompt (Git for Windows/OSX terminal) use $PWD
     
    jimrogerz, Dec 18, 2015
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  7. SimonCVintecc

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    If, on windows, you want the exact same path as the folder from which you run the bat file, you can use %~dp0
     
    SimonCVintecc, Jun 17, 2019
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