I guess a utility similar to the package manager is what the new customer might need/want so he could compare a healthy installation with what he has got listing all the folders and names in them.
2011/10/9 Ian Clark <[email protected]> > That's the long way round. (I reckon I can do that.) > > I only need the warning (for the end-user). Plus maybe the names > clashed (for the customer to give to the helpline). > The aim is to help with new customers hitting time-consuming > installation problems. > > > 2011/10/9 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: > > Do you need to get a copy of all the objects? > > > > Would it be enough to have a database with information about the objects? > > > > In the case of verbs you could place a copy of the visual representation > of > > the verb into a noun and take its vital info into the database. > > > > You could then put a time stamp on the info when you registered the info. > > > > 2011/10/9 Ian Clark <[email protected]> > > > >> As a (paranoid?) safety device in a "fit'n'forget" utility, I'm trying > >> to write code to go in a given script which will warn when that script > >> will unintentionally alter -- or has altered -- an existing name in > >> the _z_ locale. > >> > >> NB: "alter", not merely "overwrite" -- though a slick way of detecting > >> overwrite would be worth knowing too. APL+Win attaches a timestamp to > >> each fn, which makes this task easy. > >> > >> It would be nice not to have to maintain -- by-hand -- an explicit > >> list up-front, of names created by the script. > >> > >> An allied question: how best can I "snapshot" a given locale -- such > >> as _z_? That is: create a second temporary locale _sav_ with identical > >> contents? I can only think of brute-force: enumerating the names in > >> _z_ and copying them one-by-one to _sav_. > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > > Fornustekkum II > > 781 Hornafirði, > > t-póst: [email protected] > > gsm: +3546985532 > > twitter: @flugfiskur > > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > > | ) | (\_ _/) > > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
