From: cb <example@...>
Date: 2008-04-26T09:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: in FileUtils.cp_r *not* replacing read-only files

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:11:20 -0700, cb <example@example.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:45:16 -0700 (PDT), John <john.d.perkins@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 25, 9:41 am, cb <exam...@example.com> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm porting some ruby code from MacOS to Windows XP.  The code works fine on the
>>> Mac, but not on Windows as you can see.
>>>
>>> This is the code that's causing the error (line 278 of buildwebclient.rb):
>>>
>>>   FileUtils.cp_r("#{$html_template_path}/.", "#{$build_destination_path}", :preserve => true, :verbose=> true, :remove_destination => true)
>>>
>>> Please note: The reason I use the remove_destination option is because the source
>>> and target files are read-only.  This behaves as I would expect on the Mac.
>>>
>>> The is the log of the error:
>>>
>>>   cp -rp --remove-destination C:\Projects/rnd/WebClient/RELEASE/Source/MindjetConnect/html-template/. C:\Projects/rnd/WebClient/RELEASE/BuiltVersions/WebClient_1.0.74
>>>   An exception caused the build script to fail:
>>>   Permission denied - C:\Projects/rnd/WebClient/RELEASE/BuiltVersions/WebClient_1.0.74/.
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1270:in `utime'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1270:in `copy_metadata'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:452:in `copy_entry'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1324:in `traverse'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:448:in `copy_entry'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:423:in `cp_r'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1395:in `fu_each_src_dest'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1409:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1393:in `fu_each_src_dest'
>>>   c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:422:in `cp_r'
>>>   buildwebclient.rb:278
>>>
>>> The version of ruby on XP is:
>>>
>>>   ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [i386-mswin32]
>>>
>>> On the Mac, it's:
>>>
>>>   ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [universal-darwin9.0]
>>>
>>> I would use FileUtils.cp :force but that means I'd have to know every single file and
>>> directory that I'm copying -- I don't want to have to maintain such a list.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?  Known issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> CB
>>
>>Could it be the C:\.../.../ sillyness?
>
>Nope, that doesn't help.  Nor does removing the "C:".

Well, I never solved the specific problem.  I worked around it by removing the :preserve option.

Thanks for the help.

CB