Does --css-dir always have to be relative to the project directory?

Question

I'm using compass 0.10.4

I'm running a compass command and I want it to put it's output to the server when I run a watch instead of to the project directory.

Is there any way of specifying an absolute path instead of a path relative to the directory you want the css output to?

I'm trying to have my compiled css output to the directory:

/home/leeand00/leeand00.com/wp-content/themes/coffeeSunrise

but instead it is being output to

<compass-project-dir>/home/leeand00/leeand00.com/wp-content/themes/
coffeeSunrise

I've tried specifying the compiled css output directory using --css- dir on the command line.

I've also tried changing the value of css_dir to

/home/leeand00/leeand00.com/wp-content/wp-content/themes/coffeeSunrise

in config.rb and not specifying the --css-dir argument and I get the same result.

I realize that this can be specified using ../../../ (as many times as needed) but since I don't always know where my deployment point would be this is sub optimal.

Answer 1

Chris added this functionality to the latest build, but until the new version is released, you have to compile it yourself.