u3: where to store data?

Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
Tue Aug 29 22:17:50 EDT 2006


Thanks Malte! I'm looking to find the folder where the application
lives on the U3 drive...Did you find an ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE for that?

Thanks again,
Chipp

On 8/29/06, Malte Brill <revolution at derbrill.de> wrote:
> > I, too, want to WRITE to a specific folder on U3 drive (not a default
> > documents directory). Let us know if you learn anything.
>
> Hi all (and specially Chipp),
>
> here is what I found with help from the mothership (thanks Marcus)
>
> on mouseUp
>    put $U3_APP_DATA_PATH into tPath
>    replace "\" with "/" in tPath
>    put "/test.txt" after tPath
>    put "this is a test" into URL ("file:"&tPath)
>    answer the result & cr & URL ("file:"&tPath) & cr & there is a
> file tPath & cr & tPath
> end mouseUp
>
> This way the data ends up in the /app/data folder on the u3 drive.
> Somehow it failed when I used "file://" no idea why.
>
> Another script that I find handy is this (which I wrote in my
> frustration about the meager specs)
>
> on mouseUp
>    repeat for each item theItem in the globals
>      if "U3" is in theItem then
>        put theItem && value (theItem) & cr after allU3Vars
>      end if
>    end repeat
>    put allU3Vars
> end mouseUp
>
> Interesting what one can find out about the drive. ;-)
>
> Hope this is of any help,
>
> Malte
>
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