[squeak-dev] FileStream lack of binary support on microsoft
windows.
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Wed Jun 17 11:25:49 UTC 2009
On 17.06.2009, at 12:56, Tim Patti wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I have a code snippet that works on my mac but not on windows:
>
> file := PluggableFileList getFile.
> fileHandle := FileStream fileNamed: file name.
> fileHandle binary.
>
> I'm getting a debug window with MessageNotUnderstood:
> UndefinedObject>>binary.
Which tells you that "fileHandle" is nil.
> I've run into this before when porting C code to windows and have
> had to use the 'b' flag with fopen() on windows.
>
> I have the book 'Squeak Open Personal Computing and Multimedia' and
> checked out the section on porting so I could see how fopen() was
> implemented but 'InterpeterSupportCode writeSupportFiles' doesn't
> work on my 3.10.2-7179 image.
> I'm interested in digging into this and would appreciate any
> pointers to get me moving in the right direction.
Check the file permissions.
#fileNamed: opens the file in read-write mode, so you need write
permissions to the file.
If you only intend to read from the file, use #readOnlyFileNamed:
instead.
And please note that this level of question is better suited for our
beginner's list:
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
- Bert -
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