What about *nix???

[John Esak]

Wow!  I never thought of that!  Go into dddefine, choose [NEW] and then type
in the filename with a leading ".".  I know the programs behave that way, I
just never would have thought of it. That's why you are you... And I am me.
:-(  :-)

John
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:50 PM
> To: john at valar.com
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: What about *nix???
> 
> John Esak wrote:
> > <the .filePro-filename thing>
> [...]
> > Oh wait... Are you saying by the fix, that ddefine *does* 
> let you in through
> > the listbox as well as through the [NEW] option?  I guess 
> I'll have to see
> > it when I load the 5.6.10.
> 
> No, the filename listboxes won't include names that start 
> with a dot.  The 
> fix is that, under Windows, you previously couldn't create, 
> nor access, an 
> existing file, in ddefine, if the filename contained a dot 
> anywhere.  So, if 
> you were to xfer "foo.bar" from Unix to Windows, ddefine 
> would show the name 
> in the list, but refuse to accept it, considering it an 
> "invalid" filename. 
>   (Back in 8.3 days, this made sense.)  All other filePro 
> files would access 
> the file just fine.
> 
> BTW, you can get to the "secret" file in ddefine by selecting 
> "[NEW]" and 
> typing the "secret" filename.  This doesn't help other 
> programs, of course.
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody
>