Cheat sheet for opendir()

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:16 PM
> To: Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Cheat sheet for opendir()
> 
> Richard Kreiss wrote:
> [... Windows doesn't have "." and ".." in the root directory ...]
> > As far as I am concerned, it is a bad practice to place a file or files
one
> > wants to use in the root directory.  At no time do I want my
users(clients)
> > to have access to a root directory, even through a program.  This can
lead
> > to a disaster either unintentional or intentional.
> 
> Note that Vista and Windows 7 (which, BTW, is Windows version 6.1) don't
> allow files to be created in the root directory.  Even admin accounts
can't
> do it.  Only if you run a program with raised privileges can you create
(or
> even edit, AFAICT) files in the root directory.
> 
> --
> Kenneth Brody

Ken,

Already aware of this.

For the first time, filepro on windows needs to be installed in a similar
manner as on *nix.

However, if one installs filepro in the root directory under \appl and then
maps \appl as a drive letter F, then dir f:\ would list fp and filepro as
this is now the "root" directory.

I do know that Windows Server 2008 doesn't treat a mapped "root" directory
as it does the c:\ directory.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net