[squeak-dev] Strange Unix file behavior?

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Thu Aug 7 07:17:50 UTC 2008


Hi -

I just noticed the following strange behavior on Unix:

FileDirectory default fileExists: 'foo'.
   => false "as expected"

FileDirectory default fileExists: ''.
   => false "as expected"

FileDirectory default fileExists: '.'.
   => false "as expected"

FileDirectory default fileExists: '..'.
   => false "as expected"

FileDirectory default readOnlyFileNamed: 'foo'.
   => FileDoesNotExistException "as expected"

FileDirectory default readOnlyFileNamed: ''.
   => MultiByteFileStream: '/home/qwaq/server/bin/forums/' "Huh?"

FileDirectory default readOnlyFileNamed: '.'.
   => MultiByteFileStream: '/home/qwaq/server/bin/forums/.' "WTF?"

FileDirectory default readOnlyFileNamed: '..'.
   => MultiByteFileStream: '/home/qwaq/server/bin/forums/..' "????"

Is this expected behavior? If not, any ideas how to fix it?

Thanks,
   - Andreas



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