As a quick fix, I changed the source code to use
Qp0lRenameUnlink() instead of link() and the code now
works.
--- Scott Klement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I traced the problem to line 1916.00 in
> XXXWRKHTML
> > C eval rc = link(StmfTemp:Stmf)
> >
> > Apparently the QNTC file system doesn't support
> the usage of link in
> > this fashion.
>
> Correct, this is a very Unix-y thing to do. Windows
> does not support
> multiple hard-links to a file, and doesn't support
> symlinks at all.
>
> I wonder why they didn't just create it under the
> correct name? Or, if the
> temporary filename thing is really important, why
> not create it with the
> temp name and then rename it?
>
> Why the complicated linking/unlinking code? I could
> see using that
> technique if the file was to remain open, but
> unlinked, for a long period
> of time. But that's not the case here! The file is
> opened, written, and
> closed all in the same subprocedure.
>
> I also don't understand why it uses a loop with
> stat() and unlink() to
> delete the file. It doesn't change the name between
> calls to unlink(), so
> what good does that do? Try to delete the same file
> over and over again
> in a loop? If the user doesn't have access to
> delete the file, it'd be an
> endless loop! If he does, it's unlinked on the
> first call. Why do you
> need a loop?
>
> The open() logic is more complicated than it needs
> to be as well.
>
> Then it copies the entire buffer from one memory
> buffer to another just to
> convert x'15' to x'0d25'. Seems like a waste of
> memory, and a possible
> slowdown in the procedure. Why not scan for each
> x'15', and then write
> everything prior to it to the file, followed by a
> x'0d25'? Why copy the
> whole thing to a separate buffer first?
>
> If this were open source, I'd re-write it the way
> I'd like to see it work,
> and submit that code to the project.
>
> Too bad.
>
>
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