Working Directory

You may supply the working directory of your process by entering the location in this text field. This text field will appear disabled if BugSeeker is running under a Java 1.2 runtime since the ability to set the working directory is available only when BugSeeker is run in a Java 1.3 runtime or above. If you do not supply a working directory or if BugSeeker is running in a Java 1.2 runtime or if you are using the default special Current runtime setting, the working directory will be the directory BugSeeker itself was started from.

Being able to set the working directory is convenient if the program you are debugging refers to files or resources using relative file names rather than absolute file names.

If you are unable to run BugSeeker under a Java 1.3 or above runtime but you still wish to configure the working directory from the program you are trying to debug, you need to use BugSeeker's remote debugging capabilities to connect to your program that is launched from a separate console, started from the directory in which you wish to use as the current working directory.