Dropbox on Windows is a real directory. It is just monitored by the Dropbox software and files (or possibly pieces - not sure) are uploaded and downloaded when necessary to keep them in sync with the server.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 2:40 AM Simon Proctor <simon.proc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok I don't have access to my windows box until this evening. I'm mostly > used to using Dropbox on a Linux box where it's just a folder. > > Sorry for my mistake. > > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 07:51, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > >> Hi Simon, >> >> On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 06:55:00 +0100 >> Simon Proctor <simon.proc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Don't see why not, Dropbox is just a folder that you should be able to >> > access as normal. >> > >> >> Is it a higher-level folder or a bona-fide filesystem direcory: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_(computing)#Folder_metaphor >> >> If it is not visible to the filesystem, one may need higher level APIs >> other >> than fopen ( https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io/fopen ) and friends. >> >> > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 02:22 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, < >> > perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi All, >> > > >> > > Do any of you using Windows and Dropbox know >> > > if Raku's file IO utilities can both read >> > > and write to a Drop Box drive? >> > > >> > > Many thanks, >> > > -T >> > > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ >> https://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/resources/tech-tips/ >> >> How many “one-liners” do I actually write? I don’t know; maybe a couple >> dozen >> a day. But I guess I must be unusual, because as we all know, AWK was a >> complete failure and vanished into obscurity since it didn’t address >> anyone’s >> real needs. (That was sarcasm.) — “Twelve Views of Mark Jason Dominus” >> >> Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply >> . >> > > > -- > Simon Proctor > Cognoscite aliquid novum cotidie > > http://www.khanate.co.uk/ >
