Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
By Winblows does that mean you think Windows blows or that you guys don't have a compiler for Windows? Borland gives out a free C++ compiler for Win... If you're running Linux, then get gcc/g++, it's free. "Bb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > It doesn't matter how fast it does it. It matters what language it does it. > C and C++ are a big no no as our company doesn't have a compiler (winblows). > > Thanks for the pointer > > "David Otton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote: > > > > >I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as > > >input. > > > > > >I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > > > > > >Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths > > > > You may have to drop down to C/C++ and ask the OS to lookup the short > > version of the path for you (GetShortPathName and GetShortPathNameW). > > But if you want to do it "by hand", Knowledge Base article Q142982 > > might be a place to start. > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
FYI - Works in Windows NT 4 SP 6a as well.
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> Hi all,
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> It's actually rather easy.
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> $str_test = passthru("dir /x c:\\myfolder\\");
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>>?
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> After this it's just a matter of parsing the dirlist and extracting the
> right string...
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> Regards
> Joakim Andersson
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> PS. dir /x works in Windows 2000, not sure about the others... DS.
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>>I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3
>>standard) as
>>input.
>>
>>I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both.
>>
>>Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths
>>to dos paths
>>
>>Thanks
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Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I have a problem that's somewhat related to this - I can get short filenames from the OS but I really need long filenames. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks Shane On Wednesday 10 July 2002 1:14 pm, BB wrote: > I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as > input. > > I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > > Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths > > Thanks - -- Shane http://www.shanewright.co.uk/ Public key: http://www.shanewright.co.uk/files/public_key.asc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9LEBu5DXg6dCMBrQRAk7bAKCS10F8NjFrStSaha0Dkno0uwGE0QCgjdFi gNzKf3kaWjP5h2rWtImS6Xw= =I22O -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dos Paths
Hi all, It's actually rather easy. ? After this it's just a matter of parsing the dirlist and extracting the right string... Regards Joakim Andersson PS. dir /x works in Windows 2000, not sure about the others... DS. > -Original Message- > From: BB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Dos Paths > > > I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 > standard) as > input. > > I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > > Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths > to dos paths > > Thanks > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
Ah, that'll teach me to actually read the post next time, not just the code :) Danny. - Original Message - From: "Michael Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Dos Paths On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:56:39 +0100, you wrote: Yeah, I mentioned that in my original post (see below). I left that particular issue as an exercise for the reader. :-) >- Original Message - >From: "Michael Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:48 PM >Subject: Re: [PHP] Dos Paths [...] >One last thing. You can't really create a function like this without >accessing the filesystem that these files are going to be stored on. >For example, let's say you have a file called "my resume.doc" The DOS >equivalent to this would be "myresu~1.doc" UNLESS there was already >another file in the same directory that had that DOS name. So, let's >say there was already another file by the name of "my results.doc" in >the directory. Then your "my resume.doc" would be called >"myresu~2.doc" The function below does not account for this. [...] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
I don't know of a conversion routine that will do exactly what DOS does, but if you need to use 8.3 filenames and receive them as vfat32 filenames then you could do a conversion yourself before using the name. As long as the conversion is 8.3 compliant it does not matter that your conversion routine ends up with a different name. Having converted it, then use the name and you write out the 8.3 filename, never the long one. Note the translation between the two in an array or db table. HTH Chris BB wrote: >I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as >input. > >I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > >Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths > >Thanks > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:56:39 +0100, you wrote: >The problem with this method is assuming the ~1 part. What if I have: > >'My Directory'-> MYDIRE~1 >'My DirectoryForPics' -> MYDIRE~2 > >Now if your path has 'My DirectoryForPics' it's going to translate that into >MYDIRE~1 which won't work. > >HTH > >Danny. Yeah, I mentioned that in my original post (see below). I left that particular issue as an exercise for the reader. :-) >- Original Message - >From: "Michael Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:48 PM >Subject: Re: [PHP] Dos Paths [...] >One last thing. You can't really create a function like this without >accessing the filesystem that these files are going to be stored on. >For example, let's say you have a file called "my resume.doc" The DOS >equivalent to this would be "myresu~1.doc" UNLESS there was already >another file in the same directory that had that DOS name. So, let's >say there was already another file by the name of "my results.doc" in >the directory. Then your "my resume.doc" would be called >"myresu~2.doc" The function below does not account for this. [...] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:35:50 +0100, you wrote: >"David Otton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote: >> >> >I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as >> >input. >> > >> >I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. >> > >> >Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths >> You may have to drop down to C/C++ and ask the OS to lookup the short >> version of the path for you (GetShortPathName and GetShortPathNameW). >> But if you want to do it "by hand", Knowledge Base article Q142982 >> might be a place to start. >It doesn't matter how fast it does it. It matters what language it does it. It's nothing to do with speed... Windows uses (used?) a hack to introduce long filename support while not breaking 8.3 filenames, and it stores both on the disc. If you had three files named : LongFilenameA.dat LongFilenameB.dat LongFilenameC.dat they would be converted to LongFi~1.dat LongFi~2.dat LongFi~3.dat but you can't guarantee which long name maps to which short name. You really have to ask the OS to do the lookup for you if you want correct results. AFAIK your choices to get at Windows stuff from PHP are the COM functions, or writing a new function for PHP itself and recompiling. (Someone'll be along in a minute to correct me if I'm wrong). >C and C++ are a big no no as our company doesn't have a compiler (winblows). *boggle* Different worlds :) Hmm. How about Java? The API there might be rich enough to do what you want. >Thanks for the pointer Good luck. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
The problem with this method is assuming the ~1 part. What if I have:
'My Directory'-> MYDIRE~1
'My DirectoryForPics' -> MYDIRE~2
Now if your path has 'My DirectoryForPics' it's going to translate that into
MYDIRE~1 which won't work.
HTH
Danny.
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From: "Michael Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote:
>I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as
>input.
>
>I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both.
>
>Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths
>
>Thanks
Maybe this can get you started. I don't have access to a PHP parser
right now so this is completely off the top of my head, but maybe it
will help a bit.
The function below assumes that the path contains backslashes (not
forward slashes). It also does not verify that the path is legal in
the first place (i.e. that it doesn't contain illegal characters).
Additionally, it doesn't deal with filenames, just directory names.
Maybe you can extend to handle filenames. :)
One last thing. You can't really create a function like this without
accessing the filesystem that these files are going to be stored on.
For example, let's say you have a file called "my resume.doc" The DOS
equivalent to this would be "myresu~1.doc" UNLESS there was already
another file in the same directory that had that DOS name. So, let's
say there was already another file by the name of "my results.doc" in
the directory. Then your "my resume.doc" would be called
"myresu~2.doc" The function below does not account for this.
Come to think of it, maybe this isn't all that helpful. :-P
function fullpath2dospath ($fullpath) {
if(preg_match("/^([A-Za-z]:)(.*)$/",$fullpath)) {
$driveletter = $matches[1];
$fullpath = $matches[2];
}
$dirs = explode("\",$fullpath);
foreach($dirs as $index => $dir) {
/*
Directory only needs to be modified if it
contains spaces or is longer than 8
characters
*/
if(strlen($dir) > 8 || strpos($dir," ")) {
$dir = strtr($dir," ","");
$dir = substr($dir,0,6);
$dirs[$index] = $dir."~1";
}
}
$dospath = $driveletter.implode("\",$dirs);
return $dospath;
}
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On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote: >I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as >input. > >I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > >Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths Also, go to groups.google.com and plug "convert long 8.3 filenames" into the search box. Most of the discussions involve VB, VBScript, Perl, etc. but maybe they can give you some ideas. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote:
>I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as
>input.
>
>I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both.
>
>Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths
>
>Thanks
Maybe this can get you started. I don't have access to a PHP parser
right now so this is completely off the top of my head, but maybe it
will help a bit.
The function below assumes that the path contains backslashes (not
forward slashes). It also does not verify that the path is legal in
the first place (i.e. that it doesn't contain illegal characters).
Additionally, it doesn't deal with filenames, just directory names.
Maybe you can extend to handle filenames. :)
One last thing. You can't really create a function like this without
accessing the filesystem that these files are going to be stored on.
For example, let's say you have a file called "my resume.doc" The DOS
equivalent to this would be "myresu~1.doc" UNLESS there was already
another file in the same directory that had that DOS name. So, let's
say there was already another file by the name of "my results.doc" in
the directory. Then your "my resume.doc" would be called
"myresu~2.doc" The function below does not account for this.
Come to think of it, maybe this isn't all that helpful. :-P
function fullpath2dospath ($fullpath) {
if(preg_match("/^([A-Za-z]:)(.*)$/",$fullpath)) {
$driveletter = $matches[1];
$fullpath = $matches[2];
}
$dirs = explode("\",$fullpath);
foreach($dirs as $index => $dir) {
/*
Directory only needs to be modified if it
contains spaces or is longer than 8
characters
*/
if(strlen($dir) > 8 || strpos($dir," ")) {
$dir = strtr($dir," ","");
$dir = substr($dir,0,6);
$dirs[$index] = $dir."~1";
}
}
$dospath = $driveletter.implode("\",$dirs);
return $dospath;
}
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Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
It doesn't matter how fast it does it. It matters what language it does it. C and C++ are a big no no as our company doesn't have a compiler (winblows). Thanks for the pointer "David Otton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote: > > >I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as > >input. > > > >I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > > > >Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths > > You may have to drop down to C/C++ and ask the OS to lookup the short > version of the path for you (GetShortPathName and GetShortPathNameW). > But if you want to do it "by hand", Knowledge Base article Q142982 > might be a place to start. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dos Paths
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:14:44 +0100, you wrote: >I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as >input. > >I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. > >Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths You may have to drop down to C/C++ and ask the OS to lookup the short version of the path for you (GetShortPathName and GetShortPathNameW). But if you want to do it "by hand", Knowledge Base article Q142982 might be a place to start. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Dos Paths
I've got an application that requires dos folder names (8.3 standard) as input. I also have PHP, which quite happily can cope with both. Can someone help me write a function to translate full paths to dos paths Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
