[Coco] pyDriveWire Server v0.5c Saveing Data

[Michael Furman]

Type the full path to the disk image in the “Remote File” box and click “Insert”. This directly attaches the file to the server. Changes you make will bw saved.

When you use the “Choose File” button it will make a copy of the disk image. If you do it this way changes will not be saved back to the original.

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> On Nov 9, 2021, at 07:50, coco at jechar.ca wrote:
> 
> 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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