problems opening database

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 6/25/03 23:20, Robert Brenstein at rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de wrote:

>>  okay, once more, before i go crazy:
>> 
>> a. i am using runrev 2.0.1, mac os 9.2.2, vxcmd 1.9.8b4
>> 
>> b. i have a perfectly good valentina database, named
>> 
>> nishnaabemwin061803.vdb
>> 
>> c. the path to it is:
>> 
>> /MacintoshHD/Nishnaabemwin/
>> 
>> d. to open the database, i use the command:
>> 
>> put
>> valentina("open_database","/MacintoshHD/Nishnaabemwin/nishnaabemwin061803.vd
>> b") into theDatabase
>> 
>>  I always get error -35. What am I doing wrong?
>> 
>> thanks.
>> 
>> rand
> 
> try
> 
> put
> valentina("open_database","MacintoshHD:Nishnaabemwin:nishnaabemwin061803.vd
> b") into theDatabase
> 
> You are passing the pathname in Rev's universal format. However,
> Valentina requires platform-specific format.

Oh, yes.

Example of VXCMD contains function that transform path.

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