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I have removed the "rm ../support/epics" step from the app conversion procedure for CSUE3 -> CSUE4.</div>
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To make this possible I have released a new version of csueTools (4-7-6) that contains changes to the file templates that handle the epics support link.</div>
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No action is needed by developers. Just follow the conversion procedure as before. </div>
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Hopefully this will eliminate the problem of the disappearing EPICS versions.</div>
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--Brian</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> acg <acg-bounces@jlab.org> on behalf of Michele Joyce via acg <acg@jlab.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 23, 2023 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anthony Cuffe <cuffe@jlab.org>; acg@jlab.org <acg@jlab.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [acg] EPICS directory blown away again</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It’s probably me when I’m converting to csue4 again, but I promise
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I DID NOT “rm -rf” !! </span></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">this time!</span></i></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://accwiki.acc.jlab.org/do/view/SWDocs/CSUECookBookDev4#Converting_an_Older_Application">https://accwiki.acc.jlab.org/do/view/SWDocs/CSUECookBookDev4#Converting_an_Older_Application</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6. “Update your epics support to match the new version of CSUE. While in the
</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">dvl/src</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> directory:
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">rm ../support/epics</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">make support</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">----------</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When I auto-complete with tab
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">rm ../support/epics</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">/<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I got an error that it was a directory. Reminded me of my previous mistake.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">rm ../support/epics</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (this is correct)
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Could my initial attempt do damage before erroring out?
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If this is the issue – it <i>
definitely needs to be more dummy proof,</i> to protect against me. </span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">acg <acg-bounces@jlab.org> on behalf of Anthony Cuffe via acg <acg@jlab.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, June 23, 2023 at 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>acg@jlab.org <acg@jlab.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[acg] EPICS directory blown away again</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Sometime today or yesterday, the directory:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">was mostly deleted. The only things remaining were some items in the support directory. I restored the directory for the latest snapshot. Can someone please verify that this directory is
now whole again?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Also, can we figure out a better permission scheme or figure out what work pattern is suddenly blowing these epics directories away?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Anthony</span></p>
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