I vote 4 Ur 1st idea!

You could ask for the user's config data before downloading your scripts (all packed in a tgz file).

You could then check that the user is writing the correct data in every field.

To choose a local path you could add a button for something to be uploaded and then just keep the directory structure without uploading anything. If the user is going to upload your scripts into another site, you could ask the user to create a mirror directory structure in his PC before configuring his script.

Check wrong paths, tainted data, etc.

Finally, you could add that config file (full of line comments) to the zipped pack to download.

You could even ask the user for some 'extra data' not needed for your scripts, just for your records! (email address for posting your news, etc.) 

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In reply to Re: Automated script installation by chanio
in thread Automated script installation by Anonymous Monk

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