1. a filesize error
- Posted by Kat <KSMiTH at PELL.NET> Dec 06, 1999
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Hi all, I discovered something, and i don't know what app to blame for this anomally.... i wrote some Eu code to build a file listing of words of a specified length, and for some reason i don't know, the win95 Explorer lists some files as 3.99Gig in length. The thing is, if i check file properties, one file, for instance, it says it's 66bytes,,, `cause there are 3 words in the file of length 20 characters each word, ( (3 x 20) + (3 x crlf) = 66 ). Here is that file: COMPARTMENTALIZATION ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INSTITUTIONALIZATION So what do i blame the bad length reporting on? Is Eu storing the file right? If i "refresh" in Explorer, the sizes are reported properly, making me think Explorer isn't being properly notified of the file being closed, and it's prolly a windoze bug. Kat, puzzled
2. Re: a filesize error
- Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Dec 06, 1999
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Kat writes: > So what do i blame the bad length reporting on? > Is Eu storing the file right? If i "refresh" in Explorer, > the sizes are reported properly, making me think Explorer > isn't being properly notified of the file being closed, > and it's prolly a windoze bug. I just tried a similar test on my system using Explorer and an open file created by Euphoria. There was no problem. I haven't had any bug reports in this area, so I assume that it's just a glitch in Explorer. Things might be a bit unpredictable when one process is writing to a file and another is asking for the file size. Euphoria uses only the standard O/S calls for file operations. Regards, Rob Craig Rapid Deployment Software http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
3. Re: a filesize error
- Posted by Kat <KSMiTH at PELL.NET> Dec 06, 1999
- 310 views
----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 4:20 PM Subject: Re: a filesize error > Kat writes: > > So what do i blame the bad length reporting on? > > Is Eu storing the file right? If i "refresh" in Explorer, > > the sizes are reported properly, making me think Explorer > > isn't being properly notified of the file being closed, > > and it's prolly a windoze bug. > > I just tried a similar test on my system using Explorer > and an open file created by Euphoria. There was > no problem. I haven't had any bug reports in this area, > so I assume that it's just a glitch in Explorer. Things > might be a bit unpredictable when one process is > writing to a file and another is asking for the file size. > Euphoria uses only the standard O/S calls for file operations. I agree this is most likely a windoze bug, the files were closed when i did this, and no Eu processes were running. Explorer was open while Eu ran, and Explorer had the "folder" open where the files were put by Eu. I clicked on the files, one at a time, and Explorer insisted they were 3.99Gig, even after asking for the properties on each file separately, and having it display the "folder"'s file's details. Explorer does give me file sizes ok while an app is writing the file. <shrug> Kat