Windows fP doesn't find its databases

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With neither thought nor caution, Kenneth Brody blurted:
> 
> PFDATA is no different under Windows than it is under *nix.  The maps,
> screens, prc, etc. need to be in $PFDATA$PFDIR/filepro/filename.

Except in what, 14 years, I've never once set PFDATA.  It's always blank in
/etc/default/fppath.  You'll end up with one like:

*****
/appl

/appl
*****

So since it's never set in *nix (at least on the systems I've worked on,
and I'm staring at a working one right now), I'd say it's not exactly
working the same in Windows.

> Under *nix, if "/hd1/deputy/filepro/filename" were where the files
> reside, and "PFDIR=/deputy", I assume you would properly determine
> that PFDATA needs to be "/hd1".

I generally take the default /appl setup, so I usually don't
have to mess with it.  Even when I put a whole set of databases
in /home/fairlite/filepro while the rest is in /appl/filepro or
/usr/appl/filepro, I only have to change PFDIR in my environment to be
/home/fairlite and it works fine.  I never, ever touch PFDATA.  Ever.
Well, not since I stopped confusing PFDIR and PFDATA by mistake, but that
was years ago. :) 

So I wouldn't necessarily assume or determine anything about it.  Actually,
for some reason, I always think PFDATA is what is supposed to point to the
*/fp directory.  Which is probably wrong, but the old 4.1 manual gave me
that impression.  But as I say, I've never had to tinker with it.

> Now, under Windows, the files are in "Z:/deputy/filepro/filename",
> and PFDIR is still "/deputy".  The same logic leads you to the fact
> that you need "PFDATA=Z:".

I'll try it when the system becomes available again.  Network difficulties.

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