Re: [foxboro] /opt/fox/ciocfg
- From: duc.do@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:05:33 -0400
Luckily we never had to learn of this problem the hard way since our
compound-naming protocols would create unique names that have low
probability of matching anything Foxboro put in /opt/fox/ciocfg. Plus =
we
don't do Windows!
But Sacha's problem is really two-folds. The first one is due to =
Microsoft's
lame-brained way of handling file and directory names, with no =
distinction
between uppercase and lowercase. Deleting this API compound wouldn't =
have
resulted in the same outcome on a Unix box. The other problem is =
Foxboro's
bad file system architecture, for dumping user's files and directories =
into
the same place as system files and directories. At least on the Unix
platform, the saving grace is one wouldn't see this kind of erroneous
deletion.
Duc "off my soapbox for now" Do
--=20
Duc M. Do
Dow Corning Corp.
Carrollton Plant
Carrollton, KY, US
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sascha Wildner
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:48 AM
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Subject: [foxboro] /opt/fox/ciocfg
Hi List,
has anyone ever noticed what happens if you create a compound called =
API=20
and then delete it on an AW70?
Answer: /opt/fox/ciocfg/api will be deleted.
This happens with all directories in /opt/fox/ciocfg with a name that=20
could also be a compound name.
Also, it is possible to create a compound with a name of a file that=20
exists already in /opt/fox/ciocfg (like COMBOS) but you cannot create=20
sequence blocks in this compound because it tries to create a directory =
with this name.
Please excuse if this was already known to everyone.
Regards,
Sascha
--=20
Sascha Wildner
erpicon Software Development GmbH
Neusser Str. 724-726
50737 K=F6ln
Germany
Phone: +49 221 9746069
Fax: +49 221 9746099
eMail: swildner@xxxxxxxxxx
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