filePro Windows+*nix (was Re: Bulldog ODBC for filePro)

[Nancy Palmquist]

Kenneth Brody wrote:

> Doug Luurs wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>Exchanging/sharing data from Windows machines to SCO/Unix/Linux machines
>>would be a god send to some people (Including me).
> 
> [...]
> 
> Using SAMBA (or similar), place the key/data/index files in a shared
> directory.  Place the *nix formats on the *nix box, and the Windows
> formats on the Windows box.  By pointing PFDATA to the local formats,
> and including the shared directory in PFDSK, you can share the data.
> 
> You do have to be careful to keep the formats in sync, and don't
> restructure the file without taking into account the fact that there
> are two maps pointing to the data.
> 

I tested this some time back and it worked great except for one thing. 
The lockfile is created in the folder with the maps.  It made it 
impossible for the other system to react to a lock that should restrict 
access.  If the lockfile could be moved to the share and kept there, 
then it would be much safer to do this.

I tested the record locking and all worked great.  I was very pleased 
with the results, except for the lockfile and a symbolic link from the 
one folder to the share on Unix would handle the unix side of the 
lockfile but not sure how that could be accomplished on windows.

Nancy

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