[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1255: change default of IOUtil::out_dir from "." to "$parfile"

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#1255: change default of IOUtil::out_dir from "." to "$parfile"
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  Reporter:  knarf        |       Owner:                     
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:                     
 Component:  Cactus       |     Version:  development version
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                     
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Description changed by eschnett:

Old description:

> Currently the default output directory for Cactus output is ".",
> something that is hardly ever used by anybody. We should strive to have
> parameter defaults that work in most circumstances and that are used by
> most people. "." is save, but not at all the most wanted choice.
> "$parfile" is another sensible choice, should be as save as "." and is
> used by more  users (>0) as their default. Thus, I propose to test to
> change the default. Before getting into this (unknown) amount of work,
> let me use this ticket to ask for objections first.

New description:

 Currently the default output directory for Cactus output is ".", something
 that is hardly ever used by anybody. We should strive to have parameter
 defaults that work in most circumstances and that are used by most people.
 "." is safe, but not at all the most wanted choice. "$parfile" is another
 sensible choice, should be as safe as "." and is used by more  users (>0)
 as their default. Thus, I propose to test to change the default. Before
 getting into this (unknown) amount of work, let me use this ticket to ask
 for objections first.

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