[Sidefx-houdini-list] HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH??
Andrew D Lyons
tstexture at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 14:44:54 EST 2008
Watch out for the typo in the last email -> ::
Try again:
setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH $HIH/otls:/your/job/path/otls:${HH}/otls
Cheers
On 22/02/2008, Andrew D Lyons <tstexture at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> We've made the change to HOUDINI_OTL_SCANPATH. There's various ways to
> do this. A lot of places wrap their environment building in some
> pretty complex systems - but here's some steps you can quickly in
> order to just get it working:
>
> 1./ source your $HFS/houdini_setup into your shell
>
> 2./ HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH is not set in $HFS/houdini_setup - so you
> need to add it and include the otls that come with the install
> explicitly:
>
> setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH $HIH/otls::/your/job/path/otls:${HH}/otls
>
> That's a: homedir->job->install path for your otls- which is correct
> for overriding things at job and home levels.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> On 22/02/2008, Larry Giunta <larry at gcreativestudios.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the help guys.
> >
> > But no luck yet. Maybe this is more difficult than I thought.
> >
> > I'm typing in the suggestions verbatim, just replacing the path with
> > a real one ..... so maybe I'm misinterpreting the directions.
> >
> > But when I try
> >
> > setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH &:/mycomputer/my_otls
> >
> >
> > I get
> > [1] 31649
> > :/mycomputer/my_otls/: Command not found.
> > [1] + Done
> >
> > When I try
> >
> > setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH $HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH":/your/path"
> >
> >
> > I get
> > HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH: Undefined variable.
> >
> > Just curious ...... are most people still using the OPlibraries
> > method instead??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2008, at 1:59 PM, François Duchesneau wrote:
> >
> > > Aren't you replacing instead of adding your custom path. Did you do
> > > something like this:
> > >
> > > setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH $HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH":/your/path"
> > >
> > > François
> > >
> > > Mario Marengo wrote:
> > >> On February 22, 2008 01:44 pm, Larry Giunta wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Looking for a little help on the exact syntax to get this env
> > >>> variable working correctly.
> > >>>
> > >>> If I type in
> > >>> setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH /mycomputer/my_otls/
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> It's a path, so maybe try:
> > >>
> > >> setenv HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH &:/mycomputer/my_otls
> > >>
> > >> Usually, the '&' expands to "default path", so it's worth a try.
> > >>
> > >>
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