The earlier idea on this thread of trapping the error with an on error routine and/or a more robust analysis where the fopen() error number is captured might work. I haven't written code like this for years, but I don't remember network drives being a problem. I never worked with NAS drives, however.
-Lew Schwartz On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:38 PM, John R. Sowden <[email protected] > wrote: > Thank you for the fopen idea. I am not using share and I don't know if > the drive is mapped or UNC. After playing around with fopen though, I > discovered that the error is an OS/network error. What I wanted to do was, > if the network drive failed, then fp would default to the local drive, > whether the environment variable said the net was working or not. That > worked, but I must answer the OS/network error message with 'Ignore'. That > is not very secure. > > needs more thinking ... > > john > > > On 10/24/2015 06:19 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > >> I think I used to use fopen("Drive:\nul") > 0 >> >> >> -Lew Schwartz >> >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:28 PM, John R. Sowden < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Is there is way in FPD 2.6 to test to see if a drive is working without >>> having the program crash. I have a network where I test for a remote >>> drive >>> (peer to peer net) before attempting to connect to it. I set a variable >>> (above is done in the autoexec.bat) re: the sytatus of the remove node >>> being on line. If there is a change in the drive, such as a reboot of >>> the >>> remote computer, the environment variable does not change, but the drive >>> is >>> no longer accessible. When I am in fpd, I want to confirm the drive is >>> available before using it so it doesn't crash. I checked the sys() >>> functions, but none seem to meet the concern. >>> >>> John >>> >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAFuU78eBLPy3DiYS8PcNe4jqdRjjZ4UCVFrmmHRLt=6ubuw...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
