[squeak-dev] FileDirectory fails

Tobias Pape Das.Linux at gmx.de
Sun Jun 14 10:32:22 UTC 2020


> On 14.06.2020, at 12:19, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> 
> > It actually forces them when necessary…
> 
> You mean "also", not "actually". :-)

? no. I meant "actually". but "also" is correct, too…

> 
> So, from within Squeak you can either use UNC paths directly or provide a too long path string to the plugin, which will then convert it automatically to its UNC representation, if it isn't already in such a form.
> 
> Here are working examples:
> 
> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: '\\?\C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'
> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: 'C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'
> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: 'C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
>> Am 14.06.2020 12:13:51 schrieb Tobias Pape <das.linux at gmx.de>:
>> 
>> 
>> > On 14.06.2020, at 12:06, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>> > 
>> > > This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.
>> > 
>> > It supports UNC paths already.
>> > 
>> It actually forces them when necessary…
>> -t
>> 
>> > Best,
>> > Marcel
>> >> Am 14.06.2020 10:36:43 schrieb K K Subbu :
>> >> 
>> >> On 14/06/20 1:50 pm, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>> >> > 
>> >> > > On Windows, you need a triple (drive, dirname, entry).
>> >> > 
>> >> > You could treat the "drive" as part of the "dirname", just like the 
>> >> > leading "/" on Unix for the root path. The drive letter itself could be 
>> >> > treated as a directory. Cygwin does this already (/cygdrive/c/...)
>> >> > 
>> >> > On Windows UNC paths can be used to denote the "root" in a similar fashion:
>> >> > \\?\C:\...
>> >> > 
>> >> > So, every path that begins with "\\" can be treated as root.
>> >> 
>> >> Yes. With UNC, Windows paths may also be treated as (container, entry) 
>> >> pairs. This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.
>> >> 
>> >> Regards .. Subbu
>> >> 
>> > 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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