Re: exu and ex.err
- Posted by Raude Riwal <RAUDER at THMULTI.COM> Aug 31, 1999
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forgive the late answer (I was on holidays). just one point: for no error file, use /dev/null ... Riwal Raude rauder at thmulti.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Craig [SMTP:rds at ATTCANADA.NET] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: exu and ex.err > > Brian Jackson writes: > > On the 'nix platform, there may be times when a > > particular user has read only access to a particular folder, > > which means if anything goes wrong, exu will not have the > > rights to create an ex.err in the current directory. > > A while back I considered adding a crash_file("...") > library routine that would let you specify the relative or > absolute path name of the error file (normally "./ex.err"). > I guess I'll go ahead with that for the Linux alpha release. > You'll be able to write the error file anywhere you like. > Maybe "" will mean "no error file". > > Currently, exu should notice that it can't open ex.err, and should > issue a brief message to standard error. > > Regards, > Rob Craig > Rapid Deployment Software > http://members.aol.com/FilesEu/