What's Going on between Python and win7?
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From: W. eWatson on 22 Feb 2010 23:06 On 2/22/2010 6:39 PM, David Robinow wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:25 PM, W. eWatson<wolftracks(a)invalid.com> wrote: >> How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program in >> another folder, and not link to an ancestor. > Ask in an appropriate forum. I'm not sure where that is but you might > try http://www.sevenforums.com/ Not in my NG list. If the way this is going is that it occurs on W7, not just in my case, then it will impact many Python users.
From: Alf P. Steinbach on 22 Feb 2010 23:50 * W. eWatson: > So what's the bottom line? This link notion is completely at odds with > XP, Well, Windows NT has always had *hardlinks*. <g> I found it a bit baffling that that functionality is documented as not implemented for Windows in the Python standard library. But OK, it was non-trivial to do prior to Windows 2000; you had to sort of hack it using the backup APIs since the functionality was not exposed through the ordinary file APIs. > and produces what I would call something of a mess to the unwary > Python/W7 user. Is there a simple solution? > > How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program > in another folder, and not link to an ancestor. Copy and paste. Cheers & hth., - Alf
From: W. eWatson on 23 Feb 2010 00:05 On 2/22/2010 8:50 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > * W. eWatson: >> So what's the bottom line? This link notion is completely at odds with >> XP, > > Well, Windows NT has always had *hardlinks*. <g> > > I found it a bit baffling that that functionality is documented as not > implemented for Windows in the Python standard library. > > But OK, it was non-trivial to do prior to Windows 2000; you had to sort > of hack it using the backup APIs since the functionality was not exposed > through the ordinary file APIs. > > > >> and produces what I would call something of a mess to the unwary >> Python/W7 user. Is there a simple solution? >> >> How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program >> in another folder, and not link to an ancestor. > > Copy and paste. > > > Cheers & hth., > > - Alf I thought that's what I did. Is there some other way?
From: W. eWatson on 23 Feb 2010 00:09 On 2/22/2010 8:50 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > * W. eWatson: >> So what's the bottom line? This link notion is completely at odds with >> XP, > > Well, Windows NT has always had *hardlinks*. <g> > > I found it a bit baffling that that functionality is documented as not > implemented for Windows in the Python standard library. > > But OK, it was non-trivial to do prior to Windows 2000; you had to sort > of hack it using the backup APIs since the functionality was not exposed > through the ordinary file APIs. > > > >> and produces what I would call something of a mess to the unwary >> Python/W7 user. Is there a simple solution? >> >> How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program >> in another folder, and not link to an ancestor. > > Copy and paste. > > > Cheers & hth., > > - Alf Alf? Hello,Norway. My wife is Norwegian and that was her father's name. I thought that's what I did. Is there some other way? Tusin Tak (That's about the size of my vocabulary and spelling ability! 1000 thanks. What is the correct spelling?)
From: Alf P. Steinbach on 23 Feb 2010 01:00
* W. eWatson: > On 2/22/2010 8:50 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: >> * W. eWatson: >>> So what's the bottom line? This link notion is completely at odds with >>> XP, >> >> Well, Windows NT has always had *hardlinks*. <g> >> >> I found it a bit baffling that that functionality is documented as not >> implemented for Windows in the Python standard library. >> >> But OK, it was non-trivial to do prior to Windows 2000; you had to sort >> of hack it using the backup APIs since the functionality was not exposed >> through the ordinary file APIs. >> >> >> >>> and produces what I would call something of a mess to the unwary >>> Python/W7 user. Is there a simple solution? >>> >>> How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program >>> in another folder, and not link to an ancestor. >> >> Copy and paste. >> >> >> Cheers & hth., >> >> - Alf > Alf? Hello,Norway. My wife is Norwegian and that was her father's name. > > I thought that's what I did. Is there some other way? (A) For using Explorer, see <url: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Copy-and-paste-a-file> and in particular look at the tips at the bottom. (B) To get absolute control you can use the command interpreter. I don't have Windows7 but googling yielded the following URL: <url: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/947-command-prompt.html> The "copy" command there copies files. > Tusin Tak (That's about the size of my vocabulary and spelling ability! > 1000 thanks. What is the correct spelling?) That's "tusen takk". Cheers & hth., - Alf |