only one database for all systems(Windows, macOS, Linux ...)

Dic_Ray · 06 December 2016, 09:44

Hello Frode,

would it be possible to make the FS-UAE database a bit more flexible, so it could be accessed from all supported systems?

background: I use FS-UAE Suite portable from Windows and macOS. I recognized, that I could copy the files for Windows and macOS into one file path on my external harddrive. BUT when I scan my AMIGA file collection on Windows it stores file path like E:\A-M-I-G-A\Games\... . On macOS it stores it like playHDD/A-M-I-G-A/Games/... . With a relative way to store the file path I don't need to scan my files on both systems?

Best wishes

FrodeSolheim · 11 December 2016, 23:13

Hi, the launcher does support platform-independent relative paths (for the portable version).

But, this requires that the game files are located somewhere *within* the FS-UAE portable folder.

Files outside the portable directory are stored with full path, currently. This is (somewhat) by design, if the files where stored like this ../../somewhere/file.adf, the launcher would not find the file if you moved the portable directory, even on the same computer.

(But, there could in theory be an option to force the launcher to index files outside the portable directory using relative paths)

FrodeSolheim · 28 December 2016, 20:22

Btw, there is already a github issue registered for this improvement: https://github.com/FrodeSolheim/fs-u...cher/issues/14

06 December 2016, 09:44	#1
Dic_Ray Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 105	only one database for all systems(Windows, macOS, Linux ...) Hello Frode, would it be possible to make the FS-UAE database a bit more flexible, so it could be accessed from all supported systems? background: I use FS-UAE Suite portable from Windows and macOS. I recognized, that I could copy the files for Windows and macOS into one file path on my external harddrive. BUT when I scan my AMIGA file collection on Windows it stores file path like E:\A-M-I-G-A\Games\... . On macOS it stores it like playHDD/A-M-I-G-A/Games/... . With a relative way to store the file path I don't need to scan my files on both systems? Best wishes

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11 December 2016, 23:13	#2
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	Hi, the launcher does support platform-independent relative paths (for the portable version). But, this requires that the game files are located somewhere within the FS-UAE portable folder. Files outside the portable directory are stored with full path, currently. This is (somewhat) by design, if the files where stored like this ../../somewhere/file.adf, the launcher would not find the file if you moved the portable directory, even on the same computer. (But, there could in theory be an option to force the launcher to index files outside the portable directory using relative paths)

28 December 2016, 20:22	#3
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	Btw, there is already a github issue registered for this improvement: https://github.com/FrodeSolheim/fs-u...cher/issues/14

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