Dimitris...a bit off topic... but... isn't it a bit too much to load all your packages every time you start your image? I am sure it takes some seconds if not minutes (depending what to load).�� Since Smalltalk gives us persistency for free (image), why isn't it enough to simply build and save an image and use that one? And when needed, build another one. What I mean is....instead of loading everything in every image startup, load your packages and dependency only when creating new images...

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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios@gmail.com> wrote:

thanks phil that is very useful too, I will use it for managing my external pharo files :)

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:57 PM phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
What's wrong about using FileLocator?

I am a late-bound reference. I refer to a file or directory in relation to a well-known location on the filesystem, called an origin. When asked to perform concrete operation, I look up the current location of my origin, and resolve my path against it.��

Usage
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FileLocator vmDirectory parent pathString
> '/Applications'

FileLocator desktop.
FileLocator desktop basename.

FileLocator home basename.
FileLocator image.
FileLocator vmBinary asAbsolute pathString��
> ��'/Applications/CogVM.app/Contents/MacOS/CogVM'
FileLocator vmBinary pathString��
> '/Applications/CogVM.app/Contents/MacOS/CogVM'

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Ferlicot D. Cyril <cyril.ferlicot@gmail.com> wrote:
Le 02/12/2015 11:35, Dimitris Chloupis a ��crit :
> I have a startup script that loads the libraries and project I mostly
> use, including my own, but I want that script to target specific folders
> and its subfolders , is this possible ?

Hi,

You can use "FileSystem workingDirectory" to get the directory of the
image. Then you can use some condition to execute or not a block that
contains your startup script.

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