Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Stewart Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Subject: Re: OS_Find &4F Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:02:12 GMT Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <1e8bd4af5c.Paul@phorefaux> References: <2b3b10af5c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> <5caf1565f8News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <97283caf5c.Paul@phorefaux> <3a2352af5c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> Injection-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:06:23 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="38a8f3a5735787639b416c54e66489d6"; logging-data="3510469"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/0d5EyAVW8U03tT4VXS89v" User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/9.00 (MsgServe/9.00) (RISC-OS/4.42) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:BqE79MOS1sKF1ATEa3jWXMIS8vw= X-Editor: EmailEdit 2.04 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.programmer:6605 In message <3a2352af5c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> Harriet Bazley 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