Those dirs I set the attribute to "Hidden". You will still be able to programmatically access them. If you need further security, then you can set the ACL on the directory as needed to further protect the data. You should be able to make a directory conform to your needs.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Berry" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:18 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RB4 FILE : Many on this list keep a directory for bmps and so forth, keeping the : file name and directory information in the database rather than the : files themselves. Of course, this means that a file could "go missing" : without warning. Mr. Murphy suggests this will only be for the one file : you need rather than the zillion others. : : Using a 64 bit database makes it easier to keep all these pictures : accessible. The file size limits are quite large. : : Albert : : On 27/02/2013 9:53 PM, TOM HART wrote: : > That explains because this one database I started capturing and saving : > a digital signature as a varbit. I noticed that each signature has : > about 20-30 KB of data. Should I use a different data type that uses : > less data? This database could get very large quickly because I might : > capture 20-40 signatures per day. : > Tom Hart : > : :
