"test" instance of filePro files not in "filepro" subdir...

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:16:14AM -0500, Mike Schwartz wrote:
>        One of my customers has their production filepro data stored in
>    /u/filepro/(Invoice, CustMast, Parts, etc.), and the paths are set
>    correctly so that they can access that data without any problems.
>    However, they created a set of “test” data by copying their
>    existing filePro files to a subdirectory named /u/fpold/(Invoice,
>    CustMast, Parts, etc.). I’m trying to figure out how I can set
>    the PFPATH, PFDSK, or whatever else I need to do to access the
>    data, but I can’t figure out how to get around what I think is
>    a requirement that the final subdir name just above the Invoice,
>    etcetera, subdirs has to be “filepro”. Is there any way to get
>    around that in filepro 5.0.5?

To the best of my knowledge, no; "/filepro" is wired in, and PFDIR
merely tells the programs where to look for it.  

But, symlinks are your friend.

Put a symlink called 'filepro' somewhere, point it at fpold, and set
PFDIR to it's parent directory.

Cheers,
-- jra
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