I used [motex/system] in a recent project because it was the only object that can create directories in Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. So I can confirm it loads and works on all platforms. But yes...it's very minimal, doesn't report errors, and you have to deal with backlashes for the Windows case.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 2:03 PM oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > Christof Ressi wrote: > >> but all I get is error messages > > Would you mind sharing the error messages? ;-) > > i guess what christof is pointing at is that [system] doesn't give us > any error messages at all ;-) > > ([system] is avery minimalist object, as far as i can guess from a look > at the source code). > > @David: > > you have to use double backslashes as path seperators. single > backslashes are just used to escape special characters in PD. > > so, to create a directory called my_temp on partition D, you would write: > > [mkdir D:\\my_temp( > | > [system] > > Your OS version would be > > helpful as well. > > must be windows, right ? > i don't think [system] even loads in OSX or LINUX > > best > > oliver > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- William Brent www.williambrent.com “Great minds flock together” Conflations: conversational idiom for the 21st century www.conflations.com
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