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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson writes:
> 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?
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 not there, has a problem. If directory information is not allowed, it
should report an error. If it won't create directories, it should report it.
Steve
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| (...) FWIW both the ldlite and l3 parsers in ldglite are OK with paths in an MPD file. Just make sure the path in the 0 FILE line matches the path on the type 1 line that pulls in the subfile. If they don't match it reports that it can't find the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) MPD Workshop cannot handle a reference to a non-existing directory, or rather, it does not create a folder if necessary. For example: (URL) line: 0 FILE s\41342s01.dat assumes that there already exists the folder 's\' in the target directory, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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