Re: Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-08 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:29:18 -0500 Stephen Wilcoxon wrote: > Dropbox on Windows is a real directory. It is just monitored by the > Dropbox software and files (or possibly pieces - not sure) are uploaded and > downloaded when necessary to keep them in sync with the server. > Thanks for the

Re: Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-04-07 09:29, Stephen Wilcoxon wrote: Dropbox on Windows is a real directory.  It is just monitored by the Dropbox software and files (or possibly pieces - not sure) are uploaded and downloaded when necessary to keep them in sync with the server. Confirmed! Thank you all for the tips!

Re: Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-07 Thread Stephen Wilcoxon
Dropbox on Windows is a real directory. It is just monitored by the Dropbox software and files (or possibly pieces - not sure) are uploaded and downloaded when necessary to keep them in sync with the server. On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 2:40 AM Simon Proctor wrote: > Ok I don't have access to my

Re: Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-07 Thread Simon Proctor
Ok I don't have access to my windows box until this evening. I'm mostly used to using Dropbox on a Linux box where it's just a folder. Sorry for my mistake. On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 07:51, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Hi Simon, > > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 06:55:00 +0100 > Simon Proctor wrote: > > > Don't see

Re: Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Simon, On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 06:55:00 +0100 Simon Proctor wrote: > Don't see why not, Dropbox is just a folder that you should be able to > access as normal. > Is it a higher-level folder or a bona-fide filesystem direcory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_(computing)#Folder_metaphor

Re: Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-06 Thread Simon Proctor
Don't see why not, Dropbox is just a folder that you should be able to access as normal. On Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 02:22 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, < perl6-users@perl.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > Do any of you using Windows and Dropbox know > if Raku's file IO utilities can both read > and write to a

Dropbox and IO?

2020-04-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Do any of you using Windows and Dropbox know if Raku's file IO utilities can both read and write to a Drop Box drive? Many thanks, -T