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Re: Gforth Android file access trouble

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From David Meyer <papa@sdf.org>
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Subject Re: Gforth Android file access trouble
Date Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:53:54 +0900
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Bernd Paysan <bernd@net2o.de> writes:

> Checking for possible workarounds: If Gforth creates the file, it can see 
> and read it even when the file manager edited it.  So you might want to 
> define a "touch" command that allows you to quickly create files there, 
> and then overwrite/edit them with the file browser.

That works, though only if you edit the file created by
Gforth. Overwriting the file from another app makes it inaccessible from
Gforth.

At least the Gforth app is now useful, until Google decides to make
further "improvements" to Android.

-- 
David Meyer
Takarazuka, Japan
papa@sdf.org

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  Re: Gforth Android file access trouble Martin Nicholas <reply-2026@mgn.org.uk> - 2026-05-30 09:00 +0100
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  Re: Gforth Android file access trouble David Meyer <papa@sdf.org> - 2026-05-31 08:52 +0900
  Re: Gforth Android file access trouble Bernd Paysan <bernd@net2o.de> - 2026-05-31 07:45 +0000
    Re: Gforth Android file access trouble Bernd Paysan <bernd@net2o.de> - 2026-05-31 19:08 +0000
      Re: Gforth Android file access trouble David Meyer <papa@sdf.org> - 2026-06-02 09:53 +0900

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