Re: OS_Find &4F

From	Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject	Re: OS_Find &4F
Date	2026-02-23 21:02 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<1e8bd4af5c.Paul@phorefaux> (permalink)
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In message <3a2352af5c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
          Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

> On 22 Feb 2026 as I do recall,
>           Paul Stewart  wrote:

> [snip]

>> I am using webget and outputting the log file to scrap.  I am trying to
>> update a window with percentage of file downloaded, which as I now know
>> works fine with Memphis, but not anything else :(.  The file itself is
>> open by webget as it is updating it.  I also need to open it for reading
>> so I can get the download percentage.
>> 
>> With OS_Find not working apart from on Memphis, is there another way to do
>> this?
>>

> What happens if you use OS_File 255 (Load File) instead of OS_Find?

Same issue,  reports file is aleady open.

I will dig into Steve Fryatt's suggestion of using PipeFS.
Would appear to be a lot of hassle just to display a download percentage, 
but would like to indicate how far through the download WGet is.  And it's 
a learning curve!

-- 
Paul Stewart
Sent from A9home running RISC OS 4.42

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            Re: OS_Find &4F Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-02-23 21:43 +0000
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        Re: OS_Find &4F Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-02-22 22:54 +0000
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