Hack to allow relative paths to be specified on the command line when calling an AppImage

data/AppRun_java

@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ LOGFILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/AppRun-log-${APPPKG}.XXXXXXXXXX")
 BINARY="java"
 BINARY_ARGS="-jar _BINARY_"
 
+. "$APPDIR/util.sh"
+
+# Uncomment this if the app needs relative paths specified on the command line
+#eval arguments="$(patch_relative_paths "$@")"
+#set -- "${arguments[@]}"
+
 cd "$APPDIR"
-. ./util.sh
 
 export PATH="$PWD/jre1.7.0_17/bin:${PATH}"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/jre1.7.0_17/lib/i386:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"

data/AppRun_linker

@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ LOGFILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/AppRun-log-${APPPKG}.XXXXXXXXXX")
 BINARY="./_BINARY_"
 BINARY_ARGS=
 
+. "$APPDIR/util.sh"
+
+# Uncomment this if the app needs relative paths specified on the command line
+#eval arguments="$(patch_relative_paths "$@")"
+#set -- "${arguments[@]}"
+
 cd "$APPDIR"
-. ./util.sh
 
 export PATH="$PWD/usr/bin/:$PATH"
 

data/AppRun_quick

@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ LOGFILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/AppRun-log-${APPPKG}.XXXXXXXXXX")
 BINARY="./_BINARY_"
 BINARY_ARGS=
 
+. "$APPDIR/util.sh"
+
+# Uncomment this if the app needs relative paths specified on the command line
+#eval arguments="$(patch_relative_paths "$@")"
+#set -- "${arguments[@]}"
+
 cd "$APPDIR"
-. ./util.sh
 
 export PATH="$PWD/usr/bin/:$PATH"
 

data/AppRun_testing

@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ LOGFILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/AppRun-log-${APPPKG}.XXXXXXXXXX")
 BINARY="./_BINARY_"
 BINARY_ARGS=
 
+. "$APPDIR/util.sh"
+
+# Uncomment this if the app needs relative paths specified on the command line
+#eval arguments="$(patch_relative_paths "$@")"
+#set -- "${arguments[@]}"
+
 cd "$APPDIR"
-. ./util.sh
 
 export PATH="$PWD/usr/bin/:$PATH"
 

data/AppRun_wine

@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ BINARY="_BINARY_"
 BINARY_ARGS=
 WINETRICKS=
 
+. "$APPDIR/util.sh"
+
+# Uncomment this if the app needs relative paths specified on the command line
+#eval arguments="$(patch_relative_paths "$@")"
+#set -- "${arguments[@]}"
+
 cd "$APPDIR"
-. ./util.sh
 
 export PATH="$PWD/usr/bin/:${PATH}"
 

data/util.sh

@@ -155,3 +155,16 @@ show_usage()
         [ -f "$usage_file" ] && cat "$usage_file"
 }
 
+patch_relative_paths()
+{
+	local output=()
+	for i in "$@"; do
+		if [ -f "$i" ]; then
+			abs="$(readlink -f "$i")"
+			echo "[AppImage] Converting parameter '$i' into '$abs'" >&2
+			i="$abs"
+		fi
+		output+=("\"$i\"")
+	done
+	echo "(${output[@]})"
+}