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Windows and UNIX File Compatibility


Systems can be created with SDL Suite and TTCN Suite on both the UNIX and Windows platforms. To allow systems to be accessed on both platforms, SDL Suite and TTCN Suite provides a file compatibility concept.

The drive table contains a mapping between Windows and UNIX directory paths. This mapping is included in the system file to allow file specifications in the system file to be translated to the correct format on both platforms. See "The Drives Section" on page 193 for more information.

The menu choice PC Drives is available in the Organizer's File menu, and allows editing the drive table that is stored in the system file. See "PC Drives" on page 73 for more information.

The drive table takes care of translating absolute paths between the two different file name formats (UNIX and Windows). On a UNIX system, some restrictions apply to file names to be compatible with Windows. These restrictions are checked whenever the user changes a file specification that is stored in the system file; if they are not followed, an error dialog is shown and the user is returned to the dialog where the file was specified. See "Filename Error Dialogs (UNIX only)" on page 33 for more information.

File specifications are always stored in the correct format according to the current platform.

In general, diagrams with file specifications that are of incorrect format or that cannot be translated to the correct format, are marked as Invalid in the Organizer.


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