[Qgis-user] Sextante: setting the output folder

[Victor Olaya]

> There was no such conf file in the folder initially. Only when changing some
> other settings (e.g., in GRASS GIS settings) the file is created.

If you do not change anything, the file isnot created, since it uses
the default values

> However, Sextante does not seem to do anything with that path, it keeps
> using the default folder (user/sextante).

what do you mean with "it keeps using". If you enter a filename like
"myraster.tif" (without a full path), it will save it to [output
folder]/myraster.tif

That is how the output folder works, and as far as I can tell, is
working fine in the latest version.

If you click on the button on the right of the selection panel, it
will open the default folder, but only if you haven't used it before.
otherwise, it will open the file selection fialog in the last folder
that you used.

If you do not enter any filename, the output goes to a temporary file,
and those files are always kept in user/sextante/tempdata, since it is
assumed that are temporary and should be deleted. Otherwise, you
should have entered a full pathname or at least a filename.

Hope this makes things a bit clearer

Regards