From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T02:29:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Help: File.file?, ftype fails oddly

Dňa Utorok 07 Február 2006 18:15 Chris napísal:
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>
> 1. Maybe the filename/directory path is too long.  After all the path +
> filename end up being right about 255 characters long.
>     NOPE: Tried starting the loop right in the directory where the file
> errors out, even at earlier directories, the error doesn't happen -
> the file is correctly identified as a file!
>
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>
>     Ruby + NTFS + WinXP = ?occasional problem?
>

Actually, I think NTFS does have some arbitrary limit on the path length. Or 
the filename length. Or something. That said, I don't think it's quite 
related, since you are #chdir-ing around, but who knows.

Try to rework the script to see if you occur it even if using File.find or 
feeding the filenames via lessay Cygwin find, as opposed to recursing the 
directories by hand?

David Vallner

David Vallner