I don't believe it's possible in REBOL to write
f: read %C:\Windows\Desktop\
You have to convert it to
f: read %/c/windows/desktop/
-- Michael Cornelio
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: accessing files on other partitions Re:
> Hello, I thought Rebol did this translation itself.
>
> Elliott
>
> On 18-Jan-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > try ...
> >
> > test: read %/d/whatever/file.txt
> >
> > or you could try this home grown function (one of my earliest REBOL
> > utilities)
> >
> > cvt-win-path: func [
> > {Convert a Windows pathname (e.g., C:\Windows\Desktop) to REBOL path}
>
>
> >> On Win32, what's the syntax to access a file in an other partition?
> >>
> >> If, I'm on f:
> >>
> >> then
> >>
> >> test: read %d:\whatever\file.txt
> >>
> >> fails
> >>
> >> -------
> >> Regards, Graham Chiu
> >> gchiu<at>compkarori.co.nz
> >> http://www.compkarori.com/dynamo - The Homebuilt Dynamo
> >> http://www.compkarori.com/dbase - The dBase bulletin
> >>
> >
> >
>
