Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50920
interpreted = N
texte = No response in a week... SMSI: Can you confirm that this is a bug? I've encountered it now with shorter to path names as well...[copyfile from=[url]default.html[/url]&to=[url]*/Temporary Items/default.html[/url]]gives me a file in Temporary Items named default.htmlHOWIFIt seems that COPYFILE only sort of likes to copy to absolute paths.I'd LOVE to see this fixed - I have a product nearly ready for release which would be much better if this worked.- BrianOn Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 04:22 PM, Brian Fries wrote:> When I use [copyfile from=xxx&to=yyy] where yyy is over 55 > characters long and is an absolute path (beginning with *), the > resulting file has a garbled file name, generally with miscellaneous > characters appended to it, but it varies. > > I don't see the same issues with [renamefile] or [copyfolder] - they > seem to work fine with longer to parameters. [copyfile] seems to > work with longer to parameters when relative to the site root (/) or > the globals folder (^). > > SMSI: Is this a bug, or an intended limitation? > > WebDNA 5 on OSX... > > - brian > -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths (Brian Fries 2003)
  2. Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths (Scott Anderson 2003)
  3. Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths (Brian Fries 2003)
  4. Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths (Brian Fries 2003)
No response in a week... SMSI: Can you confirm that this is a bug? I've encountered it now with shorter to path names as well...[copyfile from=[url]default.html[/url]&to=[url]*/Temporary Items/default.html[/url]]gives me a file in Temporary Items named default.htmlHOWIFIt seems that COPYFILE only sort of likes to copy to absolute paths.I'd LOVE to see this fixed - I have a product nearly ready for release which would be much better if this worked.- BrianOn Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 04:22 PM, Brian Fries wrote:> When I use [copyfile from=xxx&to=yyy] where yyy is over 55 > characters long and is an absolute path (beginning with *), the > resulting file has a garbled file name, generally with miscellaneous > characters appended to it, but it varies. > > I don't see the same issues with [renamefile] or [copyfolder] - they > seem to work fine with longer to parameters. [copyfile] seems to > work with longer to parameters when relative to the site root (/) or > the globals folder (^). > > SMSI: Is this a bug, or an intended limitation? > > WebDNA 5 on OSX... > > - brian > -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Brian Fries

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