Root level Tags on Drives ?

How can I manage tags on Drives, Internal/External and Network Drives ?
I have used the labeling of a Drive Icon in the OSX 10.8 and earlier, and now this has become a non-removeable search tag !
Can anyone help with a Terminal Unix command or tricks ?
Best regards
Morten R

Perhaps the speed difference is in the computer. I'm running a 1.25 PowerPC, you have a Mac Pro.
I'm glad to hear the Mac Pro is running OK. We have a installation upgrade disc waiting for our Mac
Pro but was not happy with the problems we encountered with the older machine. On the Mac Pro we have a ProMax RAID that can not be down if possible.
This RAID problem is a big ($) problem. Is there a location to report these bugs to Apple?
Thanks

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What is root level of backup drive

I have instructions to transfer backups from current backup drive to new backup drive. It says to drag the current backup drive to the ROOT LEVEL of the new backup drive. What is the root level?
Thanks,
Kathy

That is not the proper method. Here is the right way to do that:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the New backup drive. Source means the Old backup drive.

Folders on the root level of boot drive

Hello. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if there are long-term or detrimental consequences to keeping a folder called "C/" located on the root directory of my boot drive in Snow Leopard.
An explanation: I work at a television station, and one of our video distribution systems is switching from a satellite-based system to a web-based client and download distribution. The online Java client for this distribution method defaults to setting a download folder of "C:/Downloads" which is clearly more suitable for Windows than OS X. If the default remains unchanged when a mac user begins a download, a folder is created on the boot drive called "C/". Inside that folder is another folder called "Downloads".
If there are no ill effects to be had from keeping this folder structure on the boot drive permanently, I'll likely create a folder action that will simply move the mpeg files from "Downloads" to a server that will automatically convert the mpeg files to something more suitable for Final Cut Pro. The editors in my shop won't have to worry about changing the download folder EVERY TIME and manually moving the downloaded file to our conversion server.
Thank you to anyone who can provide some input on this. For the moment, I've gone ahead and set this up on a test machine, and I'm waiting to see if it blows up...:-)

Boy would I ever love that!
Since the distribution is being handled by a company that also has an integrated editing/playout system for video, I imagine it was designed to favor that system rather than our current Final Cut setup. I'll make it work either way, it's just whether I'll be happy about it or not.
I'll keep this thread open for a couple days, see if I can get some feedback on it. If at the end of a week, I haven't found any problems of my own, and can't get a definite yes or no from anyone else, I'll leave a follow-up and mark it solved.

Root Level of Hard Drive SLOWNESS

Upgraded to Snow Leopard and ever since I did if I double click my Hard Drive to open, it sits and clocks for at least 10min before showing the files. A reboot takes a good 15min of just sitting and clocking and finally rebooting. I've repaired disk permissions and everything else I can think of. Another strange thing is if I open Cocktail or Omnidisksweeper, Cocktail takes 10min and shows my Disk name as "". The name of the drive is MASTER BLASTER, Omnidisksweeper won't even launch and Disk Warrior shows blank as the hard drive name. Disk name shows correctly on the desktop and in Disk Utility.
Ideas?

you should repair disk, not permissions. bot from the SL install DVD and repair the startup disk using disk utility there.

Folder names opt at root level

May I safely delete a folder named opt, which has suddenly appeared in the root level of my drive?
I know it is required by some open source applications (VPNs, for example), but I don't recall installing any software that placed it there.
None of my hidden folders (etc, tmp, var) is visible, so I presume that OS X does not require it.
... or does it?

You are correct, OS X does not require that software, only some third party software. It's perfectly safe to delete it.

How to pull the root level XML tags in the XML source-SSIS?

Hi All,
Can anyone please help out with the following requirement?
There is a XML file data which I need to pull it to database. Please see the attached XML file.
Question: When I am trying to pull the root level data (i.e. CreationDateTime and FileNumber) from XML source in the dataflow, the respective tag is not seen in the input. Can anyone help me how can I get those values in my input to pull the data to Database?
Thanks & Regards,
Sri

Hi Sri,
In SQL Server Integrated Services, we can generate XML Schema (XSD) file based on a XML file with XML Source Editor. For more details, please refer to the following steps:
Double-click the XML Source in the Data Flow Task.
Browse the XML file for the XML location.
Click the Generate XSD button to generate an XSD file.
If there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
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Report Designer error i VS 2013 - "Data at the root level is invalid."

Hi,
I am trying to create rdlc file programmatically. Using Memory Table as dataset. Here is my code
' For each field in the resultset, add the name to an array listDim m_fields AsArrayList
  m_fields = NewArrayList()
  Dim i AsIntegerFor i = 0 To tbdataset.Tables(0).Columns.Count - 1
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  writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
  ' Report element
  writer.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""")
  writer.WriteStartElement("Report")
  writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", Nothing, "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/01/reportdefinition")
  writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns:rd", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner")
  writer.WriteStartElement("ReportSections")
  writer.WriteStartElement("ReportSection")
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  writer.WriteStartElement("Body")
  writer.WriteElementString("Height", "5in")
  writer.WriteStartElement("ReportItems")
  writer.WriteStartElement("Tablix")
  writer.WriteAttributeString("Name", Nothing, "Tablix1")
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  writer.WriteElementString("Left", ".5in")
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  writer.WriteElementString("Width", (m_fields.Count * 1.5).ToString() + "in")
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  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixColumns")
  ForEach fieldName In m_fields
      writer.WriteStartElement("TablixColumn")
      writer.WriteElementString("Width", "1.5in")
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TableColumnNext fieldName
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixColumns' Header Row
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixRows")
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixRow")
  writer.WriteElementString("Height", ".25in")
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixCells")
  ForEach fieldName In m_fields
      writer.WriteStartElement("TablixCell")
      writer.WriteStartElement("CellContents")
      writer.WriteStartElement("Textbox")
      writer.WriteAttributeString("Name", Nothing, "Header" + fieldName)
      ' writer.WriteAttributeString("CanGrow",  True)' writer.WriteAttributeString("Keeptogether", True)
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      writer.WriteStartElement("Paragraph")
      writer.WriteStartElement("TextRuns")
      writer.WriteStartElement("TextRun")
      writer.WriteElementString("Value", fieldName)
      writer.WriteStartElement("Style")
      writer.WriteElementString("TextDecoration", "Underline")
      writer.WriteElementString("PaddingTop", "0in")
      writer.WriteElementString("PaddingLeft", "0in")
      writer.WriteElementString("LineHeight", ".5in")
      ''writer.WriteElementString("Width", "1.5in")''writer.WriteElementString("Value", fieldName)
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      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TextRuns
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' Paragraph
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' Paragraphs
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TexBox
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' CellContents
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixCellNext
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  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixRow")
  writer.WriteElementString("Height", ".25in")
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixCells")
  ForEach fieldName In m_fields
      writer.WriteStartElement("TablixCell")
      writer.WriteStartElement("CellContents")
      writer.WriteStartElement("Textbox")
      writer.WriteAttributeString("Name", Nothing, fieldName)
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      writer.WriteStartElement("Paragraphs")
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      writer.WriteStartElement("TextRun")
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      writer.WriteElementString("PaddingLeft", "0in")
      writer.WriteElementString("LineHeight", ".5in")
      ''writer.WriteElementString("Width", "1.5in")''writer.WriteElementString("Value", fieldName)
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      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TextRun
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TextRuns
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' Paragraph
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' Paragraphs
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TexBox
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' CellContents
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixCellNext
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixCells
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixRow
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixRows'End of Details Rows
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  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixRowHierarchy")
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixMembers")
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixMember")
  ' Group
  writer.WriteElementString("KeepWithGroup", "After")
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixMember' Detail Group
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixMember")
  writer.WriteStartElement("Group")
  writer.WriteAttributeString("Name", Nothing, "Details")
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' Group
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixMember
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixMembers
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixRowHierarchy
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixColumnHierarchy")
  writer.WriteStartElement("TablixMembers")
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      writer.WriteStartElement("TablixMember")
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixMemberNext' writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixMember
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  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TablixColumnHierarchy
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  writer.WriteStartElement("Page")
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  writer.WriteStartElement("PageHeader")
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  writer.WriteStartElement("Textbox")
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  writer.WriteStartElement("Paragraph")
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  writer.WriteEndElement() ' Paragraph
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' Paragraphs
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' TextBox
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' ReportItems
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' PageHeader
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  writer.WriteStartElement("DataSources")
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  writer.WriteEndElement() ' DataSource
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  writer.WriteAttributeString("Name", Nothing, "tbdataset")
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  writer.WriteStartElement("Fields")
  ForEach fieldName In m_fields
      writer.WriteStartElement("Field")
      writer.WriteAttributeString("Name", Nothing, fieldName)
      writer.WriteElementString("DataField", fieldName)
      writer.WriteElementString("rd:TypeName", fieldName.GetType.ToString)
      writer.WriteEndElement() ' FieldNext
  writer.WriteEndElement() ' Fields' rd datasetinfo
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  writer.WriteEndElement() ' Report' Flush the writer and close the stream
  writer.Flush()
  stream.Close()
  'Convert to StreamDim myByteArray AsByte() = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("D:\MyTestReport2.rdlc")
  Dim ms AsNewMemoryStream(myByteArray)
  'Supply Stream to ReportViewer
  ReportViewer1.LocalReport.LoadReportDefinition(ms)
  ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Refresh()When I open rdlc in designer I get following error"Data at the root level is invalid."When I run the aspx I get following error
An error occurred during local report processing.
The definition of the report '' is invalid.
The definition of this report is not valid or supported by this version of Reporting Services.
The report definition may have been created with a later version of Reporting Services, or contain content that is not well-formed or not valid based on Reporting Services schemas.
Details: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.
Can anybody guide me?

Hi RACES,
Based on your description, I'm afraid that it is not the correct forum for this issue, but maybe I could help you find a more appropriate forum.
If it is related to the Visual Studio Report Controls, you could select this forum:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=vsreportcontrols
But if it is the SSRS issue, maybe this forum would be better for you:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/home?forum=sqlreportingservices
Best Regards,
Jack
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Can't write to root lvl of boot drive in 10.6

after doing some installs and uninstalls I find that my MacBook Pro with 10.6 will not allow me to save anything to the root level of it's internal hard drive. (Can't create a new folder either) error msg "...could not be saved, you don't have permission"
When I do a Get Info on the HD my name (I'm admin) not listed in Sharing & Permissions, yet a Get Info on an indiv folder will list my name w/ read & write permission. What do you think is going on and how can I fix this. (Yes I repaired permissions with Disk First Aid to no avail)
Thanks,
Paul

Paul Dougherty wrote:
my MacBook Pro with 10.6 will not allow me to save anything to the root level of it's internal hard drive.
If you launch the Terminal utility and run this command
ls -l -d /
what do you see? (Those are lower-case letters "L".) On my Mac I see this:
drwxrwxr-t 38 root admin 1360 Oct 6 11:17 /

IMovie wants to save iMovie Events at root level of local harddisk

I work on a network user. When I want to import movies from my camera iMovie wants to save the clips at /iMovie Events.localized. How can I change the destination folder.
When I start iMovie only the iMovie Projects folder is created. The iMovie Events folder is not created. I tried to delete the preferences for iMovie7 in ~/Library/Preferences but no success. iMovie still wants to store all clips at root directory. When I create the iMovie Events folder at root level and grant access to it, the import works.
Any suggestions how to get rid of that?
Thanx in advance
Gerhard

If you're copying a movie file directly from a camcorder to place it on your hard disc (..as distinct from "importing" from the camera into iMovie..) then iMovie may recognise the locally-stored file as a camcorder's material only if it's in the root directory.
HOWEVER, you can tell iMovie to put its imported iMovie Events folder wherever you want: I keep mine on a separate internal hard disc (..we-ell, a couple of fast hard discs combined as a 'RAID'..) on my G5 PowerMac.
The iMovie program itself is in 'Applications' on the startup hard disc, the iPhoto Library (..for importing stills..) is on a second internal hard disc, and the iMovie Events folder is on the RAID disc.
That way, the Mac can import video without affecting the main hard disc, and any 'housekeeping' or indexing which the system wants to do on that disc.
Normally, iMovie will put your iMovie Events folder in the 'Movies' folder of your own User identity. How did I get mine on my RAID drive..? It's so long ago that I don't remember.. But I think that I just dragged it there from its original place, and when iMovie later said that it couldn't find it, it also asked where to look, and I just pointed it to the RAID drive. Runs OK for me.

Bad idea to create new folders at the root level?

I have several clients who have been Mac user's since OS 8 and even earlier. When they transitioned to OS X they did not learn to use their local home folder properly and they continue to maintain a very cluttered folder structure at the root level of their hard drive. I believe one advantage they probably find is when sharing files the files are easy for other network users to find when they log on to each other's computers. But, I thought I read somewhere at one time that this was bad practice. Can anyone point me to a good article which explains the OS X file system that I can give these people to read? Or, am I worrying about nothing? I'm setting up an OS X Server for them so they can use Time Machine to backup - will the time machine backups contain all of these files and folders stored outside each user's folder?

Larry Jorgenson wrote:
I have several clients who have been Mac user's since OS 8 and even earlier. When they transitioned to OS X they did not learn to use their local home folder properly and they continue to maintain a very cluttered folder structure at the root level of their hard drive. I believe one advantage they probably find is when sharing files the files are easy for other network users to find when they log on to each other's computers. But, I thought I read somewhere at one time that this was bad practice. Can anyone point me to a good article which explains the OS X file system that I can give these people to read? Or, am I worrying about nothing? I'm setting up an OS X Server for them so they can use Time Machine to backup - will the time machine backups contain all of these files and folders stored outside each user's folder?
I can't answer the first part, but yes, Time Machine will back-up the entire system (other than some specific system files, caches, logs, trash, etc.), unless they're specifically excluded via TM > Options (I suspect you wanted a different answer -- sorry).

Why do I need Library at root level AND a library in the admin user folder?

I have three user accounts in my macbook, I share it with two brothers. I'm the "administrator". Under my user account there is a library folder, same as with the other two users. But I also have a library folder at the root level when I open the "Macintosh HD" icon on the desktop. I notice that both the library at my user folder and the one in the root folder have items that have been updated recently.
While I noticed that the individual user libraries are "normal" in size, the one at the root level is 11 GB.
Why do I need the library at the root level? Can I consolidate that with the Library in my user folder?
Thanks!

Why do I need the library at the root level?
For items which apply to all user accounts.
Can I consolidate that with the Library in my user folder?
No.
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How do I bring sub files and folders back to "Root Level?"

Hi Everybody,
I have a frustrating situation.. Time Machine wouldn't work on my iMac that was dying, so the only thing i could do is use Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to back it up. However, I did this wrong.
With CCC, you are supposed to have created a GUID partition on a bootable external HD and backed up your Mac HD to that, so everything is at the Root Level, ie. /Application /Library /System /Users and all the other folders and invisibles ie. .usr .var .tmp ... then you can boot off this external HD and reinstall your system.
I did not know any of this, i thought CCC was like Time Machine, so I just made another folder on my External HD that was labeled "CCC Weekly Backup". Its in an exact replica of my HD, it is just not at "Root Level".
It is on my External HD "Erik 2012 Home" then inside a folder called "CCC Weeky Backup."
How can I move it, so that it isn't in the folder "CCC Weekly Backup"?? and just inside External HD "Erik 2012 Home" ??
Every time I do this with CCC, it just keeps putting my files inside that "CCC Weekly Backup" I can't just copy them to the "Erik 2012 Home" cause I don't know how to select the invisibles. Even when I just select my Application Folder and .var .tmp /Library it *always* puts them in a folder "CCC Weekly Backup".
ANy help would be appreciated. Our daughter was born in July and all her pics and videos are on there cause I started using CCC in June, cause my Time Machine stopped working then. So all of June, July and Aug. are in these CCC Backups I can't restore
Thanks so much, as always you guys are the best here!
Erik

Download links for Firefox 7.0.1
http://mozilla.cdn.leaseweb.com/firefox/releases/7.0.1/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%207.0.1.exe
ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/7.0.1/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%207.0.1.exe
There is no need to uninstall Firefox before downgrade. But make a backup copy of your bookmarks and profile folder before new installation even though the downgrade procedure leaves your profile folder untouched.

"Always Open In..." View Options for Root Level of a Disk Image File

I ran into a problem/bug tonight that I can't find listed anywhere and was wondering if anyone else has encountered it. I am using Snow Leopard (now 10.6.1), upgraded from the last revision of Leopard.
I create DVD-R sized disk images with Disk Utility (using "Mac OS Extended" only w/o Journaling) for saving downloaded files. Because of the number of files on this disk, I create single-letter folders (for alphabetical filing) and set up these disk images to "Always Open In List View". For the individual folders, I can set these to "Always Open In List View" without a problem. However, for the "root level" of these disk images, I can only access "Always Open In Icon View" no matter which view option is selected.
For previously created disk images that were already set to "Always Open In List View", these show the previously set "List View" at the disk image "root level" as expected. But if I uncheck the box, it immediately goes to "Always Open In Icon View". And like before, no matter which view option is selected, I can never get back to "Always Open In List View". Note also that I can set this option as expected for "root levels" of real disks - this only seems to be a problem with the disk image files.
I had no problems at all with this under Tiger or Leopard. I've only run into this now under Snow Leopard. The upgrade tonight to 10.6.1 hasn't seem to affect this problem.
So should I be doing something differently now to get this option to reappear, a possible conflict with something on my computer or is this a bug with Snow Leopard? Can anyone else duplicate this issue?

Additional info, in case anyone is running into this issue...
If I do the following with the "root level" of the disk image, I can set the "Always Open in List View" option.
1. Open the "root level" view of the disk image - for me, it always opens in icon view. Then, select "Show View Options" from the View menu.
2. Check the "Always Open in Icon View" box. While leaving this dialog open, select "as List" from the View menu.
3. Uncheck the "Always Open in Icon View" box. It will instantly turn into "Always Open In List View". Recheck this box immediately, then close dialog. This will make the setting stick.
I've been able to repeat this situation several times. I might be wrong, but it sure acts like a small bug to me. Hope this helps anyone else who might have encountered this issue.

Azure File Storage - Creating a directory at the root level using REST

I have a Xamarin / iOS project, and looking to use Azure File Share as a back-end.
With that in mind, I'm playing around with the REST API and have generally got things working with (a) Blobs and (b) Account-level access to Files.
Specifically, I can successfully request a list of File Shares, so I have the general call structure worked out.
However, I'm stumped about the exact incantation necessary to create a new directory at the root level of a share.
I've tried the following three variants, but all result in Forbidden - Server failed to authenticate the request
request.Host: myaccount.file.core.windows.net
request.AbsolutePath: /myshare/subdirname1
request.Query: ?restype=directory
string to sign: PUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx-ms-date:Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:07:25 GMT\nx-ms-version:2014-02-14\n/myaccount/myshare/subdirname1\nrestype:directory
request.Host: myaccount.file.core.windows.net
request.AbsolutePath: /myshare/subdirname1/
request.Query: ?restype=directory
string to sign: PUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx-ms-date:Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:07:58 GMT\nx-ms-version:2014-02-14\n/myaccount/myshare/subdirname1/\nrestype:directory
request.Host: myaccount.file.core.windows.net
request.AbsolutePath: /myshare//subdirname1
request.Query: ?restype=directory
string to sign: PUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx-ms-date:Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:06:16 GMT\nx-ms-version:2014-02-14\n/myaccount/myshare//subdirname1\nrestype:directory
I did note that trying to get the contents of an (empty) root directory doesn't behave quite the way I'd expect
request.Host: myaccount.file.core.windows.net
request.AbsolutePath: /myshare/
request.Query: ?resttype=directory&comp=list
string to sign: GET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx-ms-date:Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:23:17 GMT\nx-ms-version:2014-02-14\n/myaccount/myshare/\ncomp:list\nrestype:directory
Authenticates OK, but generates FAILURE BadRequest - The requested URI does not represent any resource on the server.
Which is different behaviour from pulling the list of blobs from an empty container (returns 200 with an empty xml list of blobs.
I've been through the File Service REST API document (dn167006) and found the azurestoragesamples on codeplex, but the former is unclear on working with the root level and the latter is from 2011 and predates File Storage.
Any insights?

First, thank you for the quick response and the suggestion about looking at the response content for the string to sign being used. I wasn't aware of that and obviously it's a fantastic resource for figuring this kind of stuff out.
And what it immediately revealed is it wasn't some subtle oddity in my construction of the STS, it was that I was doing a client.GetAsync(...) and not a client.PutAsync(...). DOH!
With that sorted, it was trivial to fix.
In terms of the List Directories and Files, though, there's still a problem.
FAILURE BadRequest - The requested URI does not represent any resource on the server.
   request.Host: myaccount.file.core.windows.net
   request.AbsolutePath: /myshare
   request.Query: ?resttype=directory&comp=list
   urlQuery: myshare?resttype=directory&comp=list
   string to sign: GET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx-ms-date:Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:40:04 GMT\nx-ms-version:2014-02-14\n/myaccount/myshare\ncomp:list\nresttype:directory
The response XML is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Error>
   <Code>InvalidUri</Code>
   <Message>The requested URI does not represent any resource on the server.\nRequestId:33d61aed-001a-0020-0cbd-51aea8000000\nTime:2014-11-30T18:40:04.9712797Z</Message>
   <UriPath>/myshare</UriPath>
</Error>
I originally thought it might be because the share was empty. However, I'm targeting the same share in which I created (apparently successfully) the subdirectory.
So I'm still confuzzled on that.

The SharePoint list query is not valid: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1. (rsSPDataProviderError)

Hi there,
All my reports are throwing below error in a sharepoint site configured with Access services. Does anyone have a clue what's causing it?
An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
Query execution failed for dataset 'Default'. (rsErrorExecutingCommand)
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Thanks
Manvir

Hi Manvir,
For troubleshooting your issue, please go to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\ find your Web Application (represented by a port number), then delete an unknown folder created by sharepoint, namely vti_cnf from all the folders and sub-folders in
your web application.
Reference:
http://forums.asp.net/t/985790.aspx?Data+at+the+root+level+is+invalid+Line+1+position+1
Best Regards,
Eric
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