Re: [MacPerl] PC file names

[mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Muniz Eng.)]

According to Chris Nandor:
> >
> >Also, this really isn't a MacPerl question but more of a
> >general question which would be better placed into the
> >comp.sys.mac.misc area.  :-)
> 
> No, it is a MacPerl question: why can MacPerl not read directory
> information on a PC floppy?  Is there a way to do it?  I do not know.

On my PPC at home I have read IBM PC floppies before using
MacPerl.  True, he might be having a problem on his
machine.  He might have a 68k system.  But he might also
not have PC Exchange.  Without it you can transfer files
via the Apple File Exchange program but you can't read the
floppy directly.  However, you can start up MacPerl, pop in
the floppy after starting the program, and the system will
not complain because it is in the middle of running a
program.  The Mac though, won't be able to read the
diskette.

For myself, I have read IBM PC floppies before using
MacPerl.  I've done it to also create files to move to my
Linux box and to my wife's IBM PC running Windows 3.1
(originally) and Windows'95 (presently).  But I must admit
I do not do this every day and I am sure there is a great
deal of things which I have not encountered that could
cause problems with MacPerl.  I guess I'm just lucky?
*shrug*  Who knows.

The entire operation though can be handled a lot faster and
a lot more efficiently by not using MacPerl at all.


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