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

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Mike Schwartz (Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:16:14 -0500):
[...]
> 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,

You can't access it with filePro, as the files _must_ be under a "filepro"
directory.  You could put them in "/u/fpold/filepro/[filename]" instead.

> 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".

That is correct.

> Is there any way to get around that in filepro 5.0.5?

No.

However, while filePro requires the files to be under a "filepro" directory,
the "filepro" directory itself can be anywhere accessible to filePro.

>    My first thought was to ask them to move the test data to something like
> /u/old/filepro,

That would work.

> but they have already modified a lot of their testing web
> scripts that read the filepro key files directly.

Then you either have to change the scripts, or create a symlink to a "good"
location, so that both filePro and their scripts can access the files.

-- 
+-------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------+
| Kenneth J. Brody        | www.hvcomputer.com | #include              |
| kenbrody/at\spamcop.net | www.fptech.com     |    <std_disclaimer.h> |
+-------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------+
Don't e-mail me at: <mailto:ThisIsASpamTrap at gmail.com>