On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Si Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HI > > I can't seem to write a file into a folder using [writesf~] > > So when I click the [open -bytes 3 /audio/foo.wav( message, > presumably it should create a folder called "audio" with the file > "foo.wav" in it? Nope, the folder has to be there first. Creating a file that has a non-existent path does NOT create the path. > > > .....But it doesn't do anything. Just as it should. There is no folder in which to write the file. > > Just doing [open -bytes 3 foo.wav( works fine and creates "foo.wav" > in the same directory as the patch. This is normal, too. > > > AM I misunderstanding this, or is it a bug? While you can use some of the shell externals for Pd to create folders, Pd itself won't create them. I am not really sure about writesf~, but you should be getting an error message back, because the file it is trying to work with does not exist, because the full path does not exist. Mike > > > (on OS x 10.5.1, Pd 0.40.3-extended) > > thanks > S > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- Peace may sound simple—one beautiful word— but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician
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