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[REBOL] Re: bug: to-file ""

From: joel:neely:fedex at: 21-Jun-2002 17:39

Hi, Volker, Volker Nitsch wrote:
> Hi Anton, > > Am Freitag, 21. Juni 2002 13:27 schrieb Anton: > > I just noticed what I think is a bug: > > > > to-file "" ; == % ok, that's acceptable > > > > exists? to-file "" ; == true don't know about that, though > > > > read to-file "" > > ** Access Error: Cannot open /D/Anton/Dev/Rebol/View/local/util/ > > ** Near: read to-file "" > > > > So a file with a blank filename exists, does it? > > And if it exists, then I should be able to read it, right? > > > > wrong ;) > probe clean-path to-file "" > and you see its a directory. >
But not a real one...
>> what-dir
== %/c/rebol/view/
>> read %./
== [%public/ %rebol.exe %user.r %rebol.r %prefs.r %desktop/ %local/ %test.txt %output1.tmp %output2.tmp %output4.tmp %edit-prefs.r]
>> read to-file ""
** Access Error: Cannot open /c/rebol/view/ ** Where: halt-view ** Near: read to-file "" Note that the "Access Error" complains about being unable to open the directory that I just read in the previous expression. So something's still fishy, IMHO. -jn-