a very interesting tool.. i forget it too... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles N Wyble" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Holly Bostick" <motub@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Wine]Running DC++ 0.668 with wine-20041201 > You are quite correct. I need to work on my critical thinking skills I > see :) > > Holly Bostick wrote: > > > Charles N Wyble wrote: > > > >> um. yes it will. not natively. but there are ways to access Linux > >> from windows. > >> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm > > > > > > Yes, I'm familiar with Explore2fs-- I used to use it myself when I had > > Windows on this box. > > > > However, I'm not sure it's relevant in this case. > > > > The OP wants to start a DC++ download in Linux and finish it in Windows. > > > > So the question of whether you can look at the uncompleted files or > > check the configuration using yet a third program seems irrelevant to > > me, because the issue is whether DC++ itself can do the following: > > > > 1) see the configuration that tells it what downloads are in progress > > and what their status is; > > > > 2) append/complete the partially downloaded files. > > > > Which won't be possible from Windows if the originally started > > downloads and the configuration/current status database are on a Linux > > file system (which Windows can not natively read or write to, so DC++ > > Windows can't read or write to them either). > > > > Unless the Linux version is run from a FAT32 fs, or I'm totally wrong. > > > > Right? > > > > Holly > > > >> > >> Holly Bostick wrote: > >> > >>> Tobias Neumann wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:31:08 +0100, Cedric wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Even if it's ported, does it allow me to start a download in > >>>>> linux, and then finish it in windows? As i dual boot a lot i don't > >>>>> want a DC client that only works in one system, and i doubt one > >>>>> program can finish download of another program. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> If it is an excact port of DC++ with the same tempfile format it > >>>> should > >>>> work. > >>>> > >>>> The website says that this is so: > >>>> "This is a project to port the DC++ direct connect client to Linux" > >>>> > >>> Do you then have to run the Linux port from a FAT32 partition? How > >>> is Windows supposed to read the template files otherwise (or > >>> whatever files determine the last actual state of the > >>> downloads-in-progress when the program was closed)? Windows won't be > >>> able to see any of this if it's all on a Linux native filesystem. > >>> > >>> Holly > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> wine-users mailing list > >>> wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wine-users mailing list > > wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > > -- > Charles N Wyble > Homepage: http://www.thewybles.com/~charles > Blog: http://jackshck.livejournal.com > Developer/Consultant. 30.00 an hour is my fee. > > _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
