On my Mac this form works to a Win 10 smb share
put url ("file://volumes/shareName/folder/sub-folder/file.ext")
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 6:24 PM
To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Cc: Paul Dupuis
Subject: Re: Accessing files on a local network file server - BEST PRACTICE?
Thanks Bob,
Yes, the error messages you get on a failed file open are pretty generic.
I am thinking that whether Mac or Win, the key is to check for whether there is
a folder:
/volumes/mountpoint/ (osx)
or
//server/mountpoint/ (win)
For a given path tPath, I can tell if it is a windows server bu looking at the
1st two characters of tPath and if they are // then I can try t pull off
//server/mountpoint and test for a folder by that name exists.
However, on OSX,
/volumes/mountpoint/ looks just like any local path.
On 9/25/2020 6:12 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> QUALIFIER: this is in Livecode on a Mac. Mac mount points work differently
> than Windows. However using the form /volumes/mountpoint/folderpath/filename
> I get the simple error “Can’t open that file.” No detail about WHY I cannot
> open it. I can see how it would be helpful if the result contained “path not
> accessible”, “write access denied”, “file already exists” etc.
>
> Bob S
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
>
> OK using your convention I cannot even open a file with the server
> mounted and an actual file that DOES exist!
> (//servername/mountpoint/pathtofile/filename)
>
> Bob S
>
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