Alex– That all works fine, _but_ first it is necessary to go to Settings->Apps->PilBox->Permissions and grant the Storage permission. Shaughan
Sent from ProtonMail mobile -------- Original Message -------- On Jul 27, 2020, 11:43 PM, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi Shaughan, > >> 'Sorry—I should have been more explicit: I meant in storage. That is, there >> is no >> /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/de.software_lab.pilbox/files >> and no >> /storage/<sdcard>/Android/data/de.software_lab.pilbox/files. >> Is there a way to store large files on an external sd card? > > I see. I never used /storage/<sdcard>/..., as my devices have no external > storage. But I do use /storage/emulated/0/ on various occasions. > > Out of the box, PilBox does not need it, so no directories are created. But > you > can do things like > > (call "mkdir" "/storage/emulated/0/Android/xxx") > > depending on which place the system allows access to. > > I created here "/storage/emulated/0/pb" (for "PilBox"), or I use > "/storage/emulated/0/" directly, as this is symlinked in Termux as > "~/storage/shared/". > >> is it possible externally? In particular, if I have a file generated by an >> app, say, /data/data/de.softwa|e_lab.pilbox/files/MyApp/MyFile, how can I >> copy >> MyFile outside PilBox to, for example, email it? > > The easiest is to use the Termux "~/storage/shared/" directory. Does e.g. > > (call "cp" "MyApp/MyFile" "/storage/emulated/0/") > > not work? > > Or even create the file directly there: > > (out "/storage/emulated/0/MyFile" > (print ... > >> I've been busy bugging you with newbie questions so let me explicitly say >> that >> I love this! I'm lying in bed right now, developing an app on my tablet. > > No problem! It is good if you ask such things here, it might also help others > :) > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
