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First post, by ghor

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I have a very basic question:

Is read/write access to the Symbian file system somehow restricted under DosBox?

I'm not talking about files and folders that are usually locked from user access on an un-hacked phone, like C:/Private etc.

Rather, I'm talking about any other file - those that can be read, written, copied, edited by a file manager program, for instance. If access is possible, do I need to give permissions on each file open request?

Background information: I'm not into games, but I'd like to run a few DOS applications of mine, that require free file system access.

Sure, I could try this out myself, but since it is such a simple question, I'd like to not take the trouble if the answer is no.

Cheers,
...Ghor

Reply 1 of 4, by Qbix

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what you can access as user, you can do under dosbox.

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Reply 2 of 4, by ghor

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Thank you, Qbix!

Can you comment on the second question:

Do I need (like under the dreaded J2ME) to give my consent to each file open request?

Reply 3 of 4, by Qbix

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how would I know ?
dosbox itself doesn't require it. Not a clue on what the symbian os wants

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Reply 4 of 4, by Kippesoep

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Symbian OS won't bother you with that stuff by itself. Applications behave like any normal C++ apps because, well, they are. Java, on the other hand, is specifically implemented to sandbox a lot of stuff.

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