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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> I did a search of the filePro emails that I saved (hundreds of emails since the 1990’s) but I don’t see an fppath.sh script. I’ll try searching the fplist archives, unless somebody else recalls that script.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Good to hear from you again, Bill! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> William J. McEachran <bill.mceachran@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 29, 2026 9:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Schwartz - PC Support & Services <filepromike@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> filepro-list@lists.celestial.com <filepro-list@aws-01.celestial.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Trying to setup a development copy of the filePro databases<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Long ago … someone had a script called fppath.sh to do just that. Do you need it still, if so I’ll fire up an old dusty computer and post it<br clear=all><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill McEachran<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><a href="mailto:bill.mceachran@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.mceachran@gmail.com</a> 289-356-4406</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 11:24 AM Mike Schwartz - PC Support & Services via Filepro-list <<a href="mailto:filepro-list@mailman.celestial.com">filepro-list@mailman.celestial.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal> One of my customers asked me to setup a development copy of their<br>filePro databases, including a development copy of their menus. <br><br><br><br><br> Their Linux system is: 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 6<br>11:20:49 EST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br><br><br><br> Their original filePro databases are in /u/appl/filepro, with /appl<br>linked to /u/appl. This has worked just fine for years. <br><br><br><br> So I created a /u/appl2/filepro subdir and copied their existing<br>databases into /appl2<br><br><br><br>[devgroup@filepro /]$ ls -l | more<br><br>total 179<br><br>lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Nov 11 2016 appl -> /u/appl<br><br>lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Apr 27 19:20 appl2 -> /u/appl2<br><br><br><br> Then I wrote a script that -should- allow a user named "devmaster" to<br>select either the live filePro menus and databases -or- the<br>development/testing menus and databases:<br><br><br><br>[devgroup@filepro ~]$ more .bash_profile<br><br><br><br># .bash_profile<br><br><br><br># Get the aliases and functions<br><br>if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then<br><br> . ~/.bashrc<br><br>fi<br><br><br><br># User specific environment and startup programs<br><br><br><br>PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin<br><br><br><br>export PATH<br><br><br><br>clear<br><br>clear<br><br>echo "Select Desired Profile."<br><br>echo<br><br>echo "1) filePro 2023 ."<br><br>echo "2) filePro Apr 2026 ."<br><br>echo "3) EXIT ."<br><br>echo<br><br>echo<br><br>read answer<br><br>case $answer in<br><br> 1)<br><br> #mjs."<br><br> PFPROG=/appl<br><br> # PFDATA=/<br><br> PFDIR=/appl<br><br> TERM=scoansi<br><br> # TERM=xterm<br><br> PFMENU=/appl/fp/menus<br><br> PFTMP=/appl/tmp; LOGFILE=/tmp/fm; PFLOGAPPEND=ON<br><br> export PFPROG PFDATA PFDIR PFMENU PFTMP LOGFILE PFLOGAPPEND TERM<br><br> p<br><br> #mjs."<br><br> ###======================================<br><br> ;;<br><br> 2)<br><br> #PPM"<br><br> PFCHECKLOCKLOG=/u/tmp/pfchecklock2.log<br><br> PFPROG=/appl<br><br> # PFDATA=/<br><br> PFDIR=/appl2<br><br> TERM=scoansi<br><br> PFMENU=/appl/fp/menus2<br><br> PFTMP=/appl/tmp; LOGFILE=/tmp/fm; PFLOGAPPEND=ON<br><br> export PFPROG PFDATA PFDIR PFMENU PFTMP LOGFILE PFLOGAPPEND TERM<br>PFCHECKLOCKLOG<br><br> #p MENU1<br><br> p<br><br> #PPM"<br><br> ###======================================<br><br> ;;<br><br> 3)<br><br> #Logging out"<br><br> EXIT<br><br> ##Logging Out."<br><br> ;;<br><br> *)<br><br> #Logging out"<br><br> echo "Sorry, you must enter 1 2 or 3. Press ENTER to exit..."<br><br> read akey<br><br> EXIT<br><br> ##Logging Out."<br><br> ;;<br><br>esac<br><br><br><br> (Thanks to "Old Tony" for the sample script he provided to the filePro<br>list a few years ago.)<br><br><br><br> The problem is that whenever I select either option #1 or option #2,<br>then try to go into "inquire, update, add" on one of the databases, like our<br>"CustList" database, I get this error message:<br><br><br><br>*** A filepro Error Has Occurred<br><br><br><br>on File: /appl/filepro/ListCustomer/data<br><br>File Also On /u Drive<br><br>Duplicate files found while scanning drives.<br><br>***<br><br>Press H -Hardcopy Enter -Continue<br><br><br><br> I presume this error has something to do with the linked /appl and<br>/u/appl subdirs and/or with the linked /appl2 or /u/appl2 subdirectories,<br>but I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is. <br><br><br><br> Both instances of databases do share the same set of executables, which<br>are in /appl/fp, except that there is a /appl/fp/menus 2 folder which holds<br>the development/testing menus.<br><br><br><br> Any ideas?<br><br><br><br>Thanks!<br><br><br><br>Mike Schwartz <br><br><br><br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20260429/e5539fe8/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20260429/e5539fe8/attachment.html</a>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Filepro-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Filepro-list@mailman.celestial.com" target="_blank">Filepro-list@mailman.celestial.com</a><br>Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br><a href="https://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">https://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>