Rodney:
Thanks. I was thinking this was true. U2 does allow direct reference to an
O/S path from within BASIC, e.g:
OPEN 'DOS:E:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP' TO BP.FV ... (in D3)
OSOPEN 'E:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP' TO BP.FV... (in UD)
OPENPATH 'E:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP' TO BP.FV... (in UV)
I can do this (assuming I have permissions) in DOS or Linux by:
>dir e:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP
or
#ls -al /ourdir/ourbankdata
D3 allows such direct O/S reference from TCL, like:
:LIST DOS:E:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP
or
:LIST UNIX:/ourdir/ourbankdata
Or to a file within a different D3 account by:
:LIST PAYROLL,EMPLOYEE,2004,
or
:LIST DM,BP,
This would one less layer of "stuff" we'd have to go through when installing
and configuring our application and I'm thinking: less is more (or where is
the MV2006 standard). :-)
Thanks again. Maybe this would be a good enhancement request. :-)
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Baakkonen, Rodney A (Rod) 46K
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:15 AM
> To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org'
> Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Referencing remote file directly
>
> Sorry late night. I did not see you want to do a LIST using
> the full path.
> You do need a VOC pointer in Unidata. Even ecltype u says a
> direct reference is not a file name
>
> list /mccdata/mcc13/CLM.DETAIL
> Not a filename :
> /mccdata/mcc13/CLM.DETAIL
>
> Sure, you can use full paths in attribute 2 or 3 of Unidata
> VOCS. We make extensive use of @UDTHOME on our dev box. We
> have a development env, Systems and Acceptance, End To End
> and a training environment on the same server. We have a UNIX
> shell script that prompts a logged in user which environment
> they want to go to. From a maintenance stand point, the VOC's
> for all these environments are the same, using @UDTHOME. But
> the shell script sets a different $UDTHOME, so each
> environment has its own unique sets of the files. To see what
> your UDTHOME home is set to, do a !echo $UDTHOME at ECL.
>
> Hardcoded paths would make the maintenance of these
> environments a major headache. So I see @UDTHOME as a major
> blessing. - Rod
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Preece
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:15 AM
> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Referencing remote file directly
>
>
> I think not. This is often mentioned as one of the
> differences. I assume you'ved used indexinfocus to search?
>
>
>
> >From: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> >To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>
> >Subject: [U2] [UD] Referencing remote file directly
> >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:57:32 -0800
> >
> >I can't find the old discussions of this but can one
> reference a remote
> >file
> >directly in UniData. For instance, can I:
> >
> >:LIST D:\IBM\ud71\sys\VOC
> >
> >instead of needing a link like:
> >
> >001 F
> >002 @UDTHOME\sys\VOC
> >002 @UDTHOME\sys\D_VOC
> >
> >?
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated. :-)
> >
> >Bill Haskett
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