Trying to setup a development copy of the filePro databases

[William J. McEachran]

Long ago … someone had a script called fppath.sh to do just that.  Do you
need it still, if so I’ll fire up an old dusty computer and post it

--
Bill McEachran
bill.mceachran at gmail.com     289-356-4406




On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 11:24 AM Mike Schwartz - PC Support & Services via
Filepro-list <filepro-list at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:

>      One of my customers asked me to setup a development copy of their
> filePro databases, including a development copy of their menus.
>
>
>
>
>       Their Linux system is:  2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 6
> 11:20:49 EST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
>
>      Their original filePro databases are in /u/appl/filepro, with /appl
> linked to /u/appl.  This has worked just fine for years.
>
>
>
>      So I created a /u/appl2/filepro subdir and copied their existing
> databases into /appl2
>
>
>
> [devgroup at filepro /]$ ls -l | more
>
> total 179
>
> lrwxrwxrwx.   1 root root     7 Nov 11  2016 appl -> /u/appl
>
> lrwxrwxrwx.   1 root root     8 Apr 27 19:20 appl2 -> /u/appl2
>
>
>
>      Then I wrote a script that -should- allow a user named "devmaster" to
> select either the live filePro menus and databases -or- the
> development/testing menus and databases:
>
>
>
> [devgroup at filepro ~]$ more .bash_profile
>
>
>
> # .bash_profile
>
>
>
> # Get the aliases and functions
>
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
>
>         . ~/.bashrc
>
> fi
>
>
>
> # User specific environment and startup programs
>
>
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
>
>
> export PATH
>
>
>
> clear
>
> clear
>
> echo "Select Desired Profile."
>
> echo
>
> echo "1) filePro 2023 ."
>
> echo "2) filePro Apr 2026 ."
>
> echo "3) EXIT ."
>
> echo
>
> echo
>
> read answer
>
> case $answer in
>
>       1)
>
>          #mjs."
>
>          PFPROG=/appl
>
>          #  PFDATA=/
>
>          PFDIR=/appl
>
>          TERM=scoansi
>
>          #  TERM=xterm
>
>          PFMENU=/appl/fp/menus
>
>          PFTMP=/appl/tmp; LOGFILE=/tmp/fm; PFLOGAPPEND=ON
>
>          export PFPROG PFDATA PFDIR PFMENU PFTMP LOGFILE PFLOGAPPEND TERM
>
>          p
>
>          #mjs."
>
>          ###======================================
>
>          ;;
>
>       2)
>
>          #PPM"
>
>          PFCHECKLOCKLOG=/u/tmp/pfchecklock2.log
>
>          PFPROG=/appl
>
>          #  PFDATA=/
>
>          PFDIR=/appl2
>
>          TERM=scoansi
>
>          PFMENU=/appl/fp/menus2
>
>          PFTMP=/appl/tmp; LOGFILE=/tmp/fm; PFLOGAPPEND=ON
>
>          export PFPROG PFDATA PFDIR PFMENU PFTMP LOGFILE PFLOGAPPEND TERM
> PFCHECKLOCKLOG
>
>          #p MENU1
>
>          p
>
>          #PPM"
>
>          ###======================================
>
>          ;;
>
>       3)
>
>          #Logging out"
>
>          EXIT
>
>          ##Logging Out."
>
>          ;;
>
>       *)
>
>          #Logging out"
>
>          echo "Sorry, you must enter 1 2 or 3.  Press ENTER to exit..."
>
>          read akey
>
>          EXIT
>
>          ##Logging Out."
>
>          ;;
>
> esac
>
>
>
>       (Thanks to "Old Tony" for the sample script he provided to the
> filePro
> list a few years ago.)
>
>
>
>       The problem is that whenever I select either option #1 or option #2,
> then try to go into "inquire, update, add" on one of the databases, like
> our
> "CustList" database, I get this error message:
>
>
>
> *** A filepro Error Has Occurred
>
>
>
> on File: /appl/filepro/ListCustomer/data
>
> File Also On /u Drive
>
> Duplicate files found while scanning drives.
>
> ***
>
> Press    H -Hardcopy    Enter -Continue
>
>
>
>      I presume this error has something to do with the linked /appl and
> /u/appl subdirs and/or with the linked /appl2 or /u/appl2 subdirectories,
> but I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is.
>
>
>
>      Both instances of databases do share the same set of executables,
> which
> are in /appl/fp, except that there is a /appl/fp/menus 2 folder which holds
> the development/testing menus.
>
>
>
>      Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Mike Schwartz
>
>
>
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