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1. EU dir command

• Posted by gwalters Aug 14, 2012
• 2422 views

I am using EU 2.4 and having trouble with the dir command. I want to dir a shared directory in my desktop server running windows 7. I think I have the shares correct because I can dir from a command window on my laptop.

dir
MyServerName\source works from a dos command window but the dir(path) where path is
MyServerName\source does not work. Any ideas?

3. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by andi49 Aug 15, 2012
• 2297 views

Hallo

I downloaded Eu2.4 and tried it on Win8 64Bit. Where M: is a share on the Internet (something like DropBox) not on the local Ethernet.

include file.e 
include get.e 
 
object result 
 
result = dir("M:\\") 
 
for i = 1 to length(result) do 
	puts(1,result[i][1]&"\n") 
end for 
 
result=wait_key() 

This works with Eu2.4 and Eu4.04

include std/filesys.e 
include std/console.e 
sequence result 
result = dir("M:\\") 
 
for i=1 to length(result)  do 
    puts(1,result[i][1]&"\n") 
end for 
any_key() 

This one is for Eu4.04 only

So, i can't reproduce the Error here. Maybe only with Win7? Maybe someone else can reproduce it?

Andreas

5. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by gwalters Aug 16, 2012
• 2270 views

Yes, It works with previous versions of windows I have used (mainly XP) but it does not works with windows 7. Windows 7 pro does not allow shareing the root of C but does allow sharing directories. One can dir the shared directory from a cmd prompt but not from EXW. Can you try 4.x to a windows 7 computer?

7. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by gwalters Aug 16, 2012
• 2219 views

I thought about that but I haven't because this program does not use win32lib.ew. It is launched during startup of windows to check for any software changes on the server. If any changes are found they are copied to the workstation. It's a rather important function as I only have to update the server using remote desktop and all the other workstations update themselves. It has been working beautifully with XP but now it's dead and I have to send out CD's. So I've been looking for a solution.

9. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by euphoric (admin) Aug 17, 2012
• 2158 views

dir() works for me on Windows 7 with Euphoria 4.0.4 when using a shared directory:

include std/filesys.e 
 
object x 
 
x = dir( "\\\\SEMP1\\SharedDocs\\" ) 
-- or x = dir( "\\\\SEMP1\\SharedDocs\\*.*" ) 
?x 

Printed result is a lot of file information.

If I attempt dir("\\\\SEMP1\\"), I get -1.

I think I would use the "*.*" path spec, as I believe the "\\\\SEMP1\\SharedDocs\\" path at first gave me a -1. After I used *.*, both paths then worked, IIRC... ICBC.

Confirmed that *.* isn't necessary for me.

11. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by gwalters Aug 20, 2012
• 2018 views

One other question. EU 2.4 produces 32 bit exe files and all of the 316 programs I have run on Windows 7 correctly except two. The one I mentioned above that won't do the dir command and on one other. The interperted version runs with no problem but on the "compiled" one (bound and shrouded) the down arrow crashes it. Are the exe's from 4.x 32 bit or 64 bit? I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.

13. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by gwalters Aug 23, 2012
• 1890 views

Well, looking to upgrade to 4.x, can 4.x and 2.4 coexist on the same computer w/o running into each other? I would like to begin converting my programs while at the same time support existing customers with 2.4.

15. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by gwalters Aug 23, 2012
• 1835 views

Sounds pretty good. I'll give it a try.

17. Re: EU dir command

• Posted by SDPringle Aug 26, 2012
• 1776 views

The Windows installer gives you an option to install in another place. If you do choose your %EUDIR% directory, it will move everything to a sub-directory and that would be bad for your current setup. You could install into C:\Program Files\Euphoria-4.0 for example.

Shawn Pringle