Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50921
interpreted = N
texte = Looking into it now. You should not need the [URL] tags. Also, did you enable the 'absolute path' feature in your WebDNA admin prefs page?> -----Original Message----- > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > Brian Fries > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:20 PM > To: WebDNA Talk > Subject: Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths > > > 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.htmlHOWIF > > It 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. > > - Brian > > On 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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)
Looking into it now. You should not need the [url] tags. Also, did you enable the 'absolute path' feature in your WebDNA admin prefs page?> -----Original Message----- > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > Brian Fries > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:20 PM > To: WebDNA Talk > Subject: Re: Copyfile to length limit for absolute paths > > > 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.htmlHOWIF > > It 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. > > - Brian > > On 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Scott Anderson

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