py2app changes current working directory

[ChrisBeaumont]

Both glueqt and Glue.app will execute any python script passed as an argument. However, they run from a different working directory:

cwd.py:

import os
print "Current directory: ', os.getcwd()

glueqt:

beaumont@beaumont-2:~$ glueqt ~/cwd.py
Current directory:  /Users/beaumont

Glue.app

beaumont@beaumont-2:~$ /Applications/Glue.app/Contents/MacOS/Glue ~/cwd.py
Current directory:  /Applications/Glue.app/Contents/Resources

Because of this, the full path to any script passed to Glue.app must be provided:

beaumont@beaumont-2:~$ /Applications/Glue.app/Contents/MacOS/Glue cwd.py
CRITICAL:   File "/Applications/Glue.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 39, in <module>
<trimmed>
Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cwd.py'
2012-09-12 15:59:23.614 Glue[95094:707] Glue Error

Does py2app provide a way around this? If not, we can figure out a hack to put in Glue

[ChrisBeaumont]

I just tried a 'hello world' app with py2app. Indeed, the --no-chdir option seems to address this issue.

[astrofrog]

I added the option to the py2app call - can you check if the latest build works as expected?

[ChrisBeaumont]

yes, this works!