Hi everyone,
recently I also asked Wolf to make a change in SMSQmulator (Ver. 2.25
Beta that should be released soon) , not a trivial (at least for me)
change and he did it this basically in real time.
As Martyn, I am also in IT Business, and I was thinking how wonderful
could be to have an IT partner that could develop overnight a new
feature but _*especially that the new feature work !!*_
So thank you Wolf for the job you are doing to support our hobby.
Ciao
Fabrizio
p.s. ....before anyone gets offended, it's best to extend the thanks to
anyone who dedicates time to this hobby (and there are many...):-):-):-):-)
On 30/10/2017 21:48, Martyn Hill via Ql-Users wrote:
Hi everyone
Despite his busy schedule, Wolfgang made a new version of QXLWinReader
available to me privately and I have tested the new behaviour. The
issue appears to be addressed and FTYP is now returning the correct
file-type for sub-directories copied from a WIN drive to a BDI image
on my SD-Card.
Wow - that is a quick release-cycle! Working in the software industry
myself, I know our customers would love that kind of service!
I'll leave it to Wolfgang to say when he's ready to upload the new
version to his site for general release.
Thanks Wolfgang!
M.
On 30/10/2017 10:21, Martyn Hill wrote:
Hi Wolfgang!
For sure - no pressure - I can fix-up the issue on my SD-Card with a
little script in the meantime.
As for on which FS the issue takes-place; it shows itself on the
destination side (QubIDE/SD-Card image) - running FTYP on the source
QLWA/WIN source returns the expected '255' against all
(sub)directories, whereas after copying (en-masse) to a BDI image on
my mounted SD-Card, the same sub-directories return '0' to FTYP once
re-mounted on the SDC-equipped QL - but are still marked as
directories in the parent (hence tagged with the ' ->' marker when
DIRing the parent.)
Warm regards - and thanks again for a really valuable utility!
M.
On 30/10/2017 03:39, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote:
Hi,
thanks for pointing this out.
I'm a little short on time right now, but will check this as soon as
possible.
Under which file system does this error arise, QLWA ou Qubide?
Regards
Wolfgang
On 29/10/2017 22:12, Martyn Hill via Ql-Users wrote:
Hi list and especially Wolfgang
Not sure the best way to report the issue, but as per my recent
thread on the Forum
(http://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2146), I seem to have
uncovered an odd behaviour when copying directory structures from
WIN to a QL.BDI image file on SDC.
I know this feature is still experimental, but I already use it
quite a lot - especially after corrupting my SD-Card sufficiently
that it wouldn't get recognised on the QL, but QXLWinReader was
able to read all the files and directories (somehow!), allowing me
to recreate the QL.BDI image file and restore all the contents. At
the moment, this valuable little program is my preferred way to
transfer large amounts of data between QPC and my QL.
In short, whilst the directory structures are all copied across
with their files (and further sub-directories), it would appear
that the file-header copy inside each sub-directory file itself is
not copied across intact. The effect of this is that, whilst a DIR
listing shows the ' ->' against such sub-directories indicating
that it is recognised as a directory-file, when you use FTYP to
query the sub-dir path, it returns '0' as for a normal file.
I've tested this - as documented on the Forum - and think I've
ruled out anything else (like the typical user-error that plagues
most of my QL work!)
Would love to see this investigated and possibly addressed!
Regards,
Martyn.
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