put url tricks to copy files on windows

[Mike Kerner]

also what is confusing is when I removed the // from the FROM file but left
it in for the TO file, I get the same error, "can't open file", which to me
implies that the file that exists can't be read, not that the TO path is
wrong.

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Without meaning to add more confusion, a Windows UNC path from a server to
> a file does work with the form
> "binfile://servername/folder/folder/filename.txt", while local access (or
> mapped drives) are like "binfile:C:/folder/folder/filename.txt".
>
> ~Roger
>
> On Jun 21, 2017 2:07 AM, "Mark Waddingham via use-livecode" <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > As others have pointed out, for binfile and file urls you shouldn't
> > include the standard '//' in front of the (absolute) path. These are not
> > parsed by the engine as standard urls - everything after the : is parsed
> as
> > the filename.
> >
> > On an unrelated not you don't need to twiddle with the defaultfolder as
> > files() and folders() now take an optional argument for the path :)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On 21 Jun 2017, at 03:37, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 06/20/2017 07:19 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
> > >> I'm not on a mac a lot :-(
> > >> So is "binfile:" more universal, or do I have to check the platform,
> > >> first?  What is the technique on linux?
> > >
> > > As far as I can remember, the "//" has never been recommended or
> > approved for file or binfile. I'm surprised it gets parsed properly for
> > OSX. You don't need or want it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Wieder
> > > ahsoftware at gmail.com
> > >
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