[Coco] pyDriveWire Server v0.5c Saveing Data

[coco at jechar.ca]

Are you using the HTTP web UI? YES
and I am running my web browser in user dw
on the same computer in the directory /4DI
, short for For Disk Images ,
which is owned by dw. But when I follow the
instructions you left, typing
/4DI/N6309L2dwPlus1.dsk in the remote file field
and clicking Insert nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong the system works fine if
I use "Choose File" but then I cannot make changes
to the N6309L2dwPlus1.dsk disk.

Charlie

On 2021-11-08 19:52, Michael Furman wrote:
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> Are you using the HTTP web UI? It sounds like you are.
> 
> The second question is where are you running your web browser? Are you
> running it on the same computer as pyDriveWire or a different
> computer? The answer to this question is important to keep in mind as
> you continue reading.
> 
> On the web Ui front page , there are 4 lines each for Drive 0, Drive 1, 
> etc.
> 
> There are also two columns in the interface, one is labeled “Remote
> File” and the other is “Local File” — If you load a file from the
> “Local File” and use the file browser, the pyDriveWire server makes a
> copy of the file on the server side.  This is how it was designed.
> 
> The reason is the perspective of “Local” and “Remote” — If you run
> pyDriveWire server on computer A and the web browser on another
> computer Computer B, then “Local” is on Computer B. You click “Choose
> File” and select a file a copy of that file gets uploaded to the
> “Remote” side where the pyDriveWire server is running.
> 
> If you are running the pyDriveWire server and the web browser on the
> same computer then this makes less sense. Using the “Local” Side it
> will still upload a copy to the server the way described above.
> 
> If you want pyDriveWire to operate directly on a disk image which is
> accessible wherever the server is running, you can type the path to
> the file in the “Remote” box and then click “Insert”
> 
> I hope this makes sense.  Let me know if you still have questions
> about this. I can try to explain it a bit more.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 8, 2021, at 09:21, coco at jechar.ca wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I have been using "pyDriveWire Server v0.5c" on my Laptop in Linux for 
>> some time now.
>> One problem/feature with it is that the .dsk file is copied to /tmp
>> 
>> The problem with this it is it does not let you change the contents of 
>> the disk
>> how can I force it to use the real disk file instead so that I can 
>> make changes.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
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