At 04:42 PM 10/15/2008, you wrote: >On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 05:16:21PM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > > > Any var that exists in the var file at startup will be saved, but I > > don't think that "new ones" are created in the file. So if you set > > #4327=1 in your G-code, but #4327 wasn't in the var file at EMC2 > > startup, then it won't be saved. > > > > >This is right -- also, to answer the other part of the question, you >shouldn't write to the var file while emc is running -- just use MDI >and let emc handle the var file. Everything just works better that >way (single reader, single writer).
Would it be posible to have EMC lock the file so that is cannot be changed or even viewed so that all reading and editing of the variables can only happen thru EMC? __________ Andre' B. Clear Lake, Wi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
