Hi!<br><br>I've downloaded version 3.8 of ConfigurationOfCog on Pharo 1.4, and when sending #topDir: to a CogWindowsConfig instance, I get a primitive failed error:<br>
<div><br></div><div><div>PrimitiveFailed: primitive #primCreateDirectory: in DosFileDirectory failed</div><div>25 January 2012 7:24:30 pm</div><div><br></div><div>VM: Win32 - IX86 - 5.1 - CoInterpreter VMMaker.oscog-eem.140 uuid: 2487009c-2c13-4609-b89e-77f0e195f433 Dec 12 2011, StackToRegisterMappingCogit VMMaker.oscog-eem.139 uuid: c2849383-9768-4948-b9b2-a5c22d482b07 Dec 12 2011, r2522 <a href="http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog">http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog</a></div>
<div>Image: Pharo1.4a [Latest update: #14296]</div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(Object)>>primitiveFailed:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on ''</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>selector: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>#primCreateDirectory:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('')</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(Object)>>primitiveFailed</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on ''</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('')</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>primCreateDirectory:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on ''</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>fullPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'\\MinGW'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('')</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>createDirectory:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on ''</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localFileName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'\\MinGW'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('')</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on ''</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'\\MinGW'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'\\MinGW'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('')</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'msys'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'msys'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('\\MinGW')</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'1.0'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'1.0'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('\\MinGW\msys')</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'home'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'home'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('\\MinGW\msys\1.0')</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'Guille'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'Guille'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home')</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arguments and temporary variables: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'cog'</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localPath: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'cog'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver's instance variables: </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pathName: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FilePath('\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille')</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille\cog'</div></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I followed the error up to:</div><div><br></div><div><div>DosFileDirectory class>>privateFullPathForURI: aURI</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>| path |</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>path := aURI path unescapePercents.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Check for drive notation (a: etc)"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>path size > 1</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ifTrue: [</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>((path at: 3) = $:)</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ifTrue: [path := path copyFrom: 2 to: path size]</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ifFalse: [</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"All other cases should be network path names (\\xxx\sdsd etc)"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>path := '/' , path]].</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>^path copyReplaceAll: '/' with: self slash</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Which seems not being resolving well a full path like 'c:\something\another\directory' and is answering something like</div><div><br></div><div>'\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille\cog\gpolito-cogvm'</div>
<div><br></div><div>which then is treated as a relative path...</div><div><br></div><div>I've done a temporary fix like this in my image so I can continue, but maybe someone has a little more knowledge on this class:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>DosFileDirectory class>>privateFullPathForURI: aURI</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>| path |</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>path := aURI asString unescapePercents.</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Check for drive notation (a: etc)"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>path size > 1</div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ifTrue: [</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>((path at: 2) = $:)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ifTrue: [path := path copyFrom: 1 to: path size]</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ifFalse: [</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"All other cases should be network path names (\\xxx\sdsd etc)"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>path := '/' , path]].</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>^path copyReplaceAll: '/' with: self slash</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Guille</div>