Transfer from DOS to UNIX

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009, Jose Lerebours wrote:
>Ken posted:
>
>>Mike Schwartz wrote:
>> [...]
>>> There are some things you need to be aware of, such as upper and lower
>>> case problems, because DOS wasn't case sensitive.
>
>That is funny, I never received the message posted by Mike ...
>
>
>>> Also, you have to watch
>>> for "SYSTEM" calls in the code. In addition, check the pathing in the
>>> menus, especially in any menu scripts. 
>>
>>Yes, the major differences would be case-sensitivity in filenames, and 
>>anything that's outside of filePro, such as SYSTEM commands.
>>
>>The other "biggie" to look out for would be the use of backslashes in 
>>filenames which you may be using.

>The DOS application is not something I ever worked on ... I may be taking
>it over.  Aside from these points it seems that a simple fptransfer to a
>file, ftp file to unix and fptransfer from file should do the trick.

>As far as case sensitive, my guess is that the problem will rise if the
>cases were not observed within the code or menu scripts.

That's probably true, but if there aren't too many of them, a few
symbolic links will probably take care of the problem.

Now when companies like Adobe produce commercial software that
won't install on case-sensitive file systems (e.g. Photoshop
Elements on OS X), that I consider totally ridiculous, and a mark
of poor software engineering.

Bill
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