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List:       mandrake-newbie
Subject:    Re: [newbie] File Management
From:       David Reynolds <naeblis () kc ! rr ! com>
Date:       2003-02-12 0:44:58
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On Tuesday 11 February 2003 05:45 pm, FemmeFatale proclaimed:
> At 10:41 AM 2/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:23, FemmeFatale wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote:
> >
> >After 20 years using DOS/Windows I am rather used to the A;, C:, D:
> >schema but after working with the file system way I recognized that the
> >DOS schema is somehow like asking yourself: In what drive this part of
> >my data is in this RAID? Ok, I am exaggerating but I don't know how many
> >times I have lost data because I forgot to backup a directory in another
> >drive.

I had a weird little encounter with this problem today.

Was trying to get a MS Access database to shut itself down when it was 
launched from the sever (front-end is too huge for transmitting forms across 
crappy government data lines). Came across the brilliant idea of using the 
"\\" prefix in the UNC server address. Then couldn't figure out why it 
wouldn't work.

Hmmm, what does it THINK the path is?
"F:\Center\...\CSS.mdb"  Yaargh!

Another example of the maxim:
Everything in Linux, from changing a font to recompiling a kernel, takes 5 
hours. It then runs forever without a problem.
Everything in Windows takes 5 minutes. It then takes forever to debug it and 
figure out why it isn't working without a problem.

David
-- 
Three joys of the lawless:
 gluttony;
 fighting;
 fickleness.



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