CREATE FILE across [WDX]

[James Zukowski]

I've tried to use CREATE FILE across a WindX connection, but it doesn't seem to work:

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create file "[wdx]C:\Users\James\Documents\Foo.pdf" from "/tmp/Foo.pdf"

generates Error #12. If I open the file and try:

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create file "[wdx]C:\Users\James\Documents\Foo.pdf" from (1)

it generates Error #13.

I'm guessing that this is not part of the current design. If not, could it be considered for the future?

[Thomas Bock]

The RENAME directive behaves similar: rename "[wdx]a" to "[wdx]b" ---> error 12

I think this is because there are 2 files involved. While one file must exist the other one must be missing.

[Mike King]

If you want to simply copy a file from the host to WindX you can use the utility we use to provide static downloads = "*plus/wdx/util;Send_to_Wdx"

It takes three arguments:

• Host file pathname (string)
• WindX file pathname (string)
• ASCII flag (numeric)

Where Host pathname is the pathname of the file you want to send, WindX pathname is where you want the file placed on the PC, and a ASCII flag which if non-zero indicates the file is ASCII text thus if sending from Unix/Linux the system will convert the Linux $0a$ line separator to $0d0a$ which is what is used on Windows.

For Example:

call "*plus/wdx/util;Send_to_wdx","arcust","c:\temp\arcust",0

There is an equivalent "Get_From_Wdx" entry point which does the opposite (arg 1 is the WindX file, arg 2 the host).