Is Binfile broken?

[Bob Sneidar]

Okay I think I know what the problem is. You can only create one folder at a time it seems. If I begin at /Users/bobsneidar/Desktop/Install Forms/, I can create a folder /Users/bobsneidar/Desktop/Install Forms/Chatsworth/ but *NOT* /Users/bobsneidar/Desktop/Install Forms/Chatsworth/18990/ Chatsworth and 18990 have to be created each with their own command. I see there is a comment added in the dictionary somewhat to this effect. It is surprising as you would not come to this conclusion just reading the dictionary entry by itself. 

At any rate, I know now I have to loop through each folder level and create them. Also, the Open File function will *NOT* create it’s parent folders in the path specified. The parent folder has to already exist. I dunno, but it seems it ought to be able to. 

Bob S


On Sep 30, 2014, at 13:26 , Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

> It's curious that sysError is returning 0 when the error occurs.
> 
> You might also check if the paths exist - maybe something got amiss in loading the params to that handler?
> 
> Another option might be to use rsync via LC's shell function instead of rolling your own.  It's not available for Windows, but for OS X and Linux it's super-efficient for mirroring folders.
> 
> If nothing else, if you run rsync in Terminal its diagnostics should tell you if your paths are amiss, so if may be useful if only to debug this issue.
> 
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web