Re: File Walker

2014-10-01 Thread JB
The problem with that idea is the recursive loops and does not provide a file list. If it provided every file and folder then I would be able to filter out the ones I do not want. For instance I do not want the package and bundle files. Filtering is not an issue. I will just use the script from

Re: File Walker

2014-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
How about getting the detailed files? There may be information in the details where you can discern whether or not a user would be able to see the files. Bob S On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:04 , JB wrote: > I understand there are things a normal person > cannot and should not access. My point was >

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread JB
I understand there are things a normal person cannot and should not access. My point was the normal person should not see that when they are accessing files and folders. They do not normally see it in the finder so they should not see it in a program I release. I am not going to change their fil

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Tweedly
You would use it from a script something like this global gHierList, gFailedFolders, gBaseLevels, gMainFolder on mouseUp local tCount, tOrigDir, time1, time2 put "" into gHierList put "" into gFailedFolders put "" into fld "fldOut" answer folder "Pick a folder you want to wal

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
JB wrote: > If I bought your program and you gave me that technical > answer and I wasted my time trying to figure out why your > program will not access my folders and examine permissions > or other things when others do access them I would not be > happy. > > On that basis for the very few like

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread JB
I could not get it to work. Here is what i did. At the top I put the following line, put field "Folder" into whatFolder at the bottom I tried both of these lines and nothing was put in the field put tDirsToDo into field "list" put tDirList into field “list” then I tried this line put "

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 30/09/2014 21:32, JB wrote: And what do you mean by folders that cannot be accessed? Since when are they not able to be accessed? I access them all of the time. I am a typical user who accesses files & folders everyday the same way. Yes, most folders and files can be accessed. But there ar

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread JB
I am not mad. Maybe the looping is too fast for my hard drive. I have a reasonably fast mac so that could be it. But that is enough for me to not use recursive even though I like it. John Balgenorth On Sep 30, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: > Hi there, > > I think sometimes people

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi there, I think sometimes people on this list need to: 1: Put a cool washcloth on their foreheads. 2. Go and take a nap. 3. Calm down and be able to laugh a little more. 4. (I sometimes need to do this myself, and it helps!) Cheer up guys! Rick On Sep 30, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Bob Sneidar w

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
Lovely. Bob S On Sep 30, 2014, at 14:14 , JB wrote: > I am the only user on this Mac. If someone else > uses my mac they use my settings. > > For me there is not much needed to understand > when I list the file not using recursive it works and > sometimes when I list them using recursive it

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread JB
I am the only user on this Mac. If someone else uses my mac they use my settings. For me there is not much needed to understand when I list the file not using recursive it works and sometimes when I list them using recursive it does not work. It is the sometimes that bothers me and that is enou

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think you are missing the point JB. Permissions are a tricky thing. The user is accessing the folders based upon his security token created at the time he logged in. Suppose this is a file server, and midway through, the IT person changed permissions? You will get an error trying to open that

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread JB
And what do you mean by folders that cannot be accessed? Since when are they not able to be accessed? I access them all of the time. I am a typical user who accesses files & folders everyday the same way. So you are telling me they cannot be accessed and I encourage you to put a program on the m

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
JB wrote: For now I will not use recursive to list files or folders. I think we've established that recursion errors are the symptom but not the problem (that is, unless you have directory structures deeper than 400,000 levels, but then I suspect you'd see inode problems long before you'd h

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 30/09/2014 16:43, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Good catch. 40 is a deep folder hierarchy, and I've seen the recursion error very early on, suggesting that the problem isn't traversing the folders at all, but merely that it can't access some

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread JB
on other parts of >> my program but I will eventually work on putting it all together. >> >> With the NSFIleManager I would think we would be able to access >> directories as fast as Apple since they wrote the code. It looks like >> it will be prettyeasy once I f

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I would encourage you to file a bug report on that. Even if there turns out to be a good explanation, it needs to be documented. Are you indicating that you are or aren't seeing the same thing on Linux. No, I was s

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Good catch. 40 is a deep folder hierarchy, and I've seen the > recursion error very early on, suggesting that the problem isn't traversing > the folders at all, but merely that it can't access some because of > permission errors. If

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alex Tweedly wrote: > Following is a wild guess, and a request / suggestion for an > investigation attempt. > > The start of the code in question (from > http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4071/l/17080-files-and-folders-part-2 ) > is > > *function*listFiles pFolder, pRecurse > *local*tTotalFiles,

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I would encourage you to file a bug report on that. > > Even if there turns out to be a good explanation, it needs to be documented. > Are you indicating that you are or aren't seeing the same thing on Linux. I'm on OS X 10.9.5, and this w

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Tweedly
ouple of sample externals with Objective-C. There is not much to using the NSFileManager itself from what I have seen. John Balgenorth On Sep 29, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: "recursive is limited to 400,000" ? Is that 400,000 files, or folders, or ?? The File Walker li

Re: File Walker

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
I would encourage you to file a bug report on that. Even if there turns out to be a good explanation, it needs to be documented. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ___

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread Kay C Lan
If I enter the following into OS X's Terminal: find $PWD the output is the over half a million folders and files in my /Users/[your name here]/ directory. So none of the System level stuff or anything from other User accounts if they exist on your computer. It does include though all hidden files

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread JB
orth > > On Sep 29, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > >> "recursive is limited to 400,000" ? Is that 400,000 files, or folders, or ?? >> >> The File Walker link (i.e. >> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode/tips/file007.htm ) should work

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread JB
and write a couple of sample externals with Objective-C. There is not much to using the NSFileManager itself from what I have seen. John Balgenorth On Sep 29, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > "recursive is limited to 400,000" ? Is that 400,000 files, or folders, or ?? > &

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread Alex Tweedly
"recursive is limited to 400,000" ? Is that 400,000 files, or folders, or ?? The File Walker link (i.e. http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode/tips/file007.htm ) should work - it would be very interesting to find out why it doesn't (maybe URL encoding of the file names??

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread JB
Here is a link for a file and folder lister that uses recursive. http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4071/l/17080-files-and-folders-part-2 It appears recursive is limited to 400,000. As for the File Walker link I tried it in one of my folders that has a lot of files and subfolders and it did not work

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Thanks Richard! I will work this into what I am doing, and also take the time to study what it was I was doing wrong. Bob S On Sep 29, 2014, at 09:01 , Richard Gaskin wrote: > http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode/tips/file007.htm > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Soft

Re: File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread Richard Gaskin
http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode/tips/file007.htm -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.F

File Walker

2014-09-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
use of the implicit scoping used by Livecode. Apparently I am mistaken. I would like to see how anyone else has done a file walker. Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and