Did you check what does dirfind return? eg $ 'test' dirfind '' a.i.'test' dirfind ''
Сб, 03 май 2014, greg heil писал(а): > Dan > > >Thanks for answering. i did do a set working directory first. But i made a > >full pathname (after setting the directory) > > 1!:44 showd=:temp=:'d:\temp' > > and i still got an interface error with > > 1!:55 (<temp,'\','test' dirfind '') > > however i seem to have generally screwed up my interface to the file > system as i can not only not erase, but i cannot read! > > 1!:1 (<temp,'\','test' dirfind '') > > also gets an 'interface error'!-( > > BTW dirfind is a J standard utility: > > 'test' dirfind '' > test.txt > > greg > ~krsnadas.org > > -- > > from: Dan Bron <[email protected]> > to: [email protected] > date: 3 May 2014 20:48 > subject: Re: [Jgeneral] 1!:55 on W7/64 > > >Without investigating this directly, my suspicion is your 'dirfind' utility > >returns files matching the name pattern anywhere in the nominated directory, > >including recursively nested subdirectories. However, it looks as if its > >output does not include directory information (i.e. the absolute path of the > >file). > > >I'm also guessing that when you pass an unqualified filename to 1!:55, as in > >'test.txt' with no directory information, it attempts to delete that file > >from J's working directory (typically J's install directory or its bin > >subdirectory). > > >So unless the file test.txt is in J's working directory, when you ask 1!:55 > >to delete it, it can't find the file you're talking about, and consequently > >complains. To fix the issue, you'll have to provide 1!:55 with a > >fully-qualified filename, including absolute path. > > Or I could be completely off base :) > > -Dan > > -- > > from: greg heil <[email protected]> > to: General forum <[email protected]> > date: 3 May 2014 20:27 > subject: 1!:55 on W7/64 > > 1!:55 seems to fail on my W7/64 machine in J801. > Perhaps it is a permission problem. > If so how do i elevate J`s permissions? > eg > > 1!:55 <'test' dirfind '' > |interface error > | 1!:55<'test'dirfind'' > > though > > 'test' dirfind '' > test.txt > > before and after > > greg > ~krsnadas.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
