Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com
From: mperdue@iquest.net (Mario Perdue)
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: Contents of Boot CD
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 13:52:23 GMT
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>This is the THIRD time I've tried to respond to you... the newsgroup bit
>bucket keeps eating messages.

Sorry, we've been having a little trouble with the news groups. The
problem seems to be under control now, and should be fixed shortly.

>Anyway, I went ahead and tried programmatic access, but have had no
>success so far. I'm either doing something wrong (hmmm..) or there is a
>bug in the library firstfile() function.
>
>First, I tried what appeared to be the straightforward thing to do:
>
>	struct DIRENTRY stBaseDirectory;
>	firstfile( "cdrom:*", &stBaseDirectory);
>This sends the playstation off into the weeds (reset city), as do
>"cdrom:\\", "cdrom:\\*", and other variations.
>
>However, some other permutations (e.g., "*", "\\*", "CDROM:\\")
>resulted in an error message that listed devices (something to the
>effect of:)
>	* is not a valid device
>	valid devices are:
>	cdrom:
>	tty:
>	bu:
>etc.
>And, if in fact I use "bu10:*" as the name parameter, I get a reasonable
>string back for the first "directory" (i.e., I have a memory card in
>slot 2, and it has the configuration file on it)
>
>Any insights?

Not really. I havn't worked with this stuff yet, but you can bet I'll
be looking at it later today. If I can't figure it out, I'll find
someone who can.

Mario