Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Bill Prothero wrote: > Sorry if this is off, but what about just transferring them with ftp? FTP is good enough for a small number of files. But for automating large numbers of file transfers rsync is hard to beat, a much smarter tool making things much more efficient. By default, rsync

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Mike Doub via use-livecode
HostM does support rsync but you have to request SSH to be enabled. I was able to get an sftp client to work.  Im not sure if LiveCode supports sftp. -= Mike On Jul 12, 2020, 1:13 PM -0400, Mike Doub , wrote: > I just sent a request to HostM to see if they support rsync.  If they do then > one

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Mike Doub via use-livecode
I just sent a request to HostM to see if they support rsync.  If they do then one option would be to create all of the pdfs and csv on the mac then rsync them to the server.  This leads me down a new set of unknowns... How do you set up rsync? I assume that there is some configuration required

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Prothero@earthlearning via use-livecode
Sorry if this is off, but what about just transferring them with ftp? Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Jul 12, 2020, at 9:57 AM, Mike Doub via use-livecode > wrote: > > The server is hosted on HostM and they are very good a keeping Livecode > Server current. I am assuming

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Mike Doub via use-livecode
The server is hosted on HostM and they are very good a keeping Livecode Server current. I am assuming it is a Unix variant of some sort.  My desktop is a mac. Let me tell you the details of what I am trying to do.   I have written a tool in livecode that takes a RideWithGPS route and generates

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 7/12/20 9:10 AM, Mike Doub via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Richard.   I guess I was not clear.   I was looking for the best ways to do the file transfer with LiveCode and LiveCode server. Why? get shell("rsync ")... -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Mike, I think we are lacking some key information in order to solve your problem. Is your LC Server on a Mac? If so, what is preventing you from just dragging and dropping a folder of your files across the network from your desktop Mac to your LC (Mac?) Server computer? Once your files are

Re: Web help needed

2020-07-12 Thread Mike Doub via use-livecode
Thanks Richard.   I guess I was not clear.   I was looking for the best ways to do the file transfer with LiveCode and LiveCode server.   -= Mike On Jul 11, 2020, 10:50 PM -0400, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode , wrote: > Mike Doub wrote: > > > I need to move hundreds of files from my desktop

Re: sorting lines by date

2020-07-12 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
Thanks everyone & Curry. I will play with this some more. Looking at the lists I am given, most of the date columns are declared to be UTC. I intended to try to detect other formats in due course, but thought I’d start with the common one. Reminds me of my favourite Jake Peralta line: