Upgrading to DataFlex 3.2: Difference between revisions

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:If you are writing applications for DOS/Windows and Linux/Unix platforms, you should use the Sysconf function with the Sysconf_Dir_Separator to obtain the path separator in your program code:
:If you are writing applications for DOS/Windows and Linux/Unix platforms, you should use the Sysconf function with the Sysconf_Dir_Separator to obtain the path separator in your program code:


::String sDirSeparator
<source lang="vdf">
::move (Sysconf (SYSCONF_DIR_SEPARATOR)) to sDirSeparator
String sDirSeparator
move (Sysconf (SYSCONF_DIR_SEPARATOR)) to sDirSeparator
</source>


*;Install Location
*;Install Location
:The default install location for DataFlex 3.2 on DOS/Windows is c:\df32.
:The default install location for DataFlex 3.2 on DOS/Windows is '''c:\df32'''.
:The default install location for DataFlex 3.2 on Linux/Unix is /usr/local/df32.
:The default install location for DataFlex 3.2 on Linux/Unix is '''/usr/local/df32'''.


*;Batch files versus Shell Scripts
*;Batch files versus Shell Scripts
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:On the new DataFlex 3.2 for Linux CD (part # 555260cd), we have provided 2 shell scripts to aid you in converting your existing files to lowercase names: lcase and lcaser. The lcase script lowercases all files in a single directory and the lcaser script lowercases all files in a directory and all subdirectories of that directory. To execute either script, simply type the script name, with no arguments, in a terminal changed to the directory you wish to affect:
:On the new DataFlex 3.2 for Linux CD (part # 555260cd), we have provided 2 shell scripts to aid you in converting your existing files to lowercase names: lcase and lcaser. The lcase script lowercases all files in a single directory and the lcaser script lowercases all files in a directory and all subdirectories of that directory. To execute either script, simply type the script name, with no arguments, in a terminal changed to the directory you wish to affect:


::cd /usr/local/df32/mysourcecode
<source lang="vdf">
::lcase
cd /usr/local/df32/mysourcecode
lcase
</source>


*;Binary Compatibility
*;Binary Compatibility