As others have pointed out, for binfile and file urls you shouldn't include the standard '//' in front of the (absolute) path. These are not parsed by the engine as standard urls - everything after the : is parsed as the filename.
On an unrelated not you don't need to twiddle with the defaultfolder as files() and folders() now take an optional argument for the path :) Mark Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Jun 2017, at 03:37, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 06/20/2017 07:19 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: >> I'm not on a mac a lot :-( >> So is "binfile:" more universal, or do I have to check the platform, >> first? What is the technique on linux? > > As far as I can remember, the "//" has never been recommended or approved for > file or binfile. I'm surprised it gets parsed properly for OSX. You don't > need or want it. > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
