On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:29:18 -0500 Stephen Wilcoxon <wilco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dropbox on Windows is a real directory. It is just monitored by the > Dropbox software and files (or possibly pieces - not sure) are uploaded and > downloaded when necessary to keep them in sync with the server. > Thanks for the investigation and info, Stephen! > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 2:40 AM Simon Proctor <simon.proc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Ok I don't have access to my windows box until this evening. I'm mostly > > used to using Dropbox on a Linux box where it's just a folder. > > > > Sorry for my mistake. > > > > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 07:51, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > > > >> Hi Simon, > >> > >> On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 06:55:00 +0100 > >> Simon Proctor <simon.proc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Don't see why not, Dropbox is just a folder that you should be able to > >> > access as normal. > >> > > >> > >> Is it a higher-level folder or a bona-fide filesystem direcory: > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_(computing)#Folder_metaphor > >> > >> If it is not visible to the filesystem, one may need higher level APIs > >> other > >> than fopen ( https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io/fopen ) and friends. > >> > >> > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 02:22 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, < > >> > perl6-users@perl.org> wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hi All, > >> > > > >> > > Do any of you using Windows and Dropbox know > >> > > if Raku's file IO utilities can both read > >> > > and write to a Drop Box drive? > >> > > > >> > > Many thanks, > >> > > -T > >> > > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ > >> https://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/resources/tech-tips/ > >> > >> How many “one-liners” do I actually write? I don’t know; maybe a couple > >> dozen > >> a day. But I guess I must be unusual, because as we all know, AWK was a > >> complete failure and vanished into obscurity since it didn’t address > >> anyone’s > >> real needs. (That was sarcasm.) — “Twelve Views of Mark Jason Dominus” > >> > >> Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply > >> . > >> > > > > > > -- > > Simon Proctor > > Cognoscite aliquid novum cotidie > > > > http://www.khanate.co.uk/ > > -- Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ List of Portability Libraries - https://shlom.in/port-libs Chuck Norris can become root on OpenBSD. By using nothing but /bin/echo. (By: ZadYree and Shlomi Fish) — https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply .
