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Re: MPD spec
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 21:18:29 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:

Should probably also add the following...

- paths are allowed, so are explicit drive references.

MPD Workshop cannot handle a reference to a non-existing directory, or
rather, it does not create a folder if necessary.

For example:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/ideas/?n=171
The line:
0 FILE s\41342s01.dat
assumes that there already exists the folder 's\' in the target directory,
or else a runtime error is generated.

If I get it right, the mpd is compilant but not the software?


/Tore



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  Re: MPD spec
 
(...) Hmm. I don't remember if there was a lot of discussion about putting paths on the 0 FILE line. So I won't say for absolute sure that the program should allow them. I'd say any software that *thinks* it needs a directory, and crashes when it's (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
  Paths, explicit drive references, and the case of file names (Was: MPD spec)
 
(...) I am not sure about explicit drive references. Actually, I think we should limit it to _relative_ paths. We should also decide on a preferred - or maybe even fixed - directory name delimiter. I suppose that it should be "\", even though Unix (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: MPD spec
 
(...) Good point. Should probably also add the following... - There shouldn't be multiple files with the same name. - paths are allowed, so are explicit drive references. But the capability should be use with restraint, since it can easily make it (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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