FileSize does not return -2 for existing linked subdirectory
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:50 pm
(Windows 7 32bit, PureBasic 5.30)
Problem: FileSize returns -1 (not existing) for an existing directory that is below a directory link.
Example: "C:\Program Files\" is a directory, and in German Windows versions there is a link to it called "C:\Programme\".
FileSize returns -2 for both of them (as it should).
However, it does not return -2 for subdirectories if they are accessed via the link, see the example:
This gave a weird behaviour of my installer program, which claimed that the program directory could not be created - although it already existed 
Workaroud: Use PathIsDirectory_ instead.
EDIT:
Updating Windows fixed this for me (see explanations below).
Problem: FileSize returns -1 (not existing) for an existing directory that is below a directory link.
Example: "C:\Program Files\" is a directory, and in German Windows versions there is a link to it called "C:\Programme\".
FileSize returns -2 for both of them (as it should).
However, it does not return -2 for subdirectories if they are accessed via the link, see the example:
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p1$ = "C:\Program Files\PureBasic"
p2$ = "C:\Programme\PureBasic"
Debug PathIsDirectory_(p1$) ; gives 16 (correct)
Debug FileSize(p1$) ; gives -2 (correct)
Debug PathIsDirectory_(p2$) ; gives 16 (correct)
Debug FileSize(p2$) ; gives -1 (FAIL... should be -2)
Workaroud: Use PathIsDirectory_ instead.
EDIT:
Updating Windows fixed this for me (see explanations below).
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