[SourceJammer-users] Add Files interaction with Default Directory

[R M W. <rmw...@co...>]

Hello,

This is either a how-do-I-do-this question or a RFE. The user docs say =
that an archive folder must be mated with a local directory before files =
can be added to the folder. No problem there. What does "Default" in the =
phrase "Set Default Directory" mean ? The implication is that, for a =
given folder, I could have multiple directories that feed into it. Where =
am I going with this you ask ? I'd rather not create a structure in the =
archive that exactly matches the structure on my disk if I don't have =
to. Sometimes the tools I use create lots of directory levels that I'd =
rather not replicate in the archive. Sometimes I'd like to group files =
together that aren't grouped together on the hard drive. A specific =
example would probably help:

My InstallAnywhereNow installer-maker tool puts its output file, a =
self-extracting exe file, several levels deep in a directory structure =
it likes to create. I have a few programs that I use the tool to make =
self-extracting exe files for. So, if I had to replicate all of the =
levels for each of the programs I create, we're talking lots of folders =
in the archive. I know I don't have to put all of the intermediate =
directory levels in the archive, but I'd also like to collect all of the =
self-extracting exe files in one place in the archive, and I don't think =
SourceJammer will let me. I think once I map an archive folder to a =
directory, SourceJammer expects all of the files in the folder to be in =
that same directory. I'd like it if, for a given archive folder, =
individual files in that folder could be in different places on my hard =
disk.

Given that the disk looks like this

directoryA contains: directoryB contains: directoryC contains: =
self-extracting exe file named abc.exe
AND
directoryD contains: directoryE contains: directoryF contains: a =
different self-extracting exe file, this one named def.exe
AND
directoryG contains: directoryH contains: directoryI contains: a =
different self-extracting exe file, this one named ghi.exe

I'd like one folder in the archive to be named "Installers" and contain =
the three self-extracting exe files named abc.exe and def.exe and =
ghi.exe.
The default directory for the folder could be either directoryC or =
directoryF or directoryI.
Let's say for argument's sake it was directoryC.
If so, I wouldn't have to do anything more for abc.exe other than to add =
it to the archive.
For the def.exe and ghi.exe files I'd have to override the default =
directory.

Can I do this with the current version of SourceJammer ? Any plans to do =
this in the future ?

Thanks for listening and thanks for the free version control program,

Rich W