Subj : Re: File object randomly thinks file is empty
To   : Nightfox
From : Tracker1
Date : Sat Jul 04 2009 02:56 pm

On 7/3/2009 8:55 PM, Nightfox wrote:
> Hi all.  I'm working on a JavaScript script for Synchronet - a logon matrix - 
> and I've run into a weird issue with the File class.
> 
> In my script, I want to open and read a configuration file that has options 
> for the script.  The problem is that the File object sometimes thinks the 
> file is empty (length property is 0), and other times it is able to read the 
> file without any problems.  I can observe this just by running the script 
> several times in a row.

Are you opening the file with shared read-only?  also, are you closing your 
handle to the file when done, or otherwise encapsulating the file access into 
a separate method/function, so the variable falls out of scope?

> When I create the File object, the filename that will get passed to it is 
> something along the lines of this:
> D:\BBS\sbbs\mods\../xtrn/DigDist\DDLoginMatrixThemes/kd-snake/DDMatrixThe
> me.cfg
> 
> Is there a known bug related to what I'm describing?  Might I simply be 
> passing too long of a path to the File object?

I couldn't answer this, I can only suggest to be certain you are safely 
accessing the file with shared read.  I can't offer more help than this 
without knowing more about how your configuration structure is read.

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