Feature #2408: better error reporting in windows when you try to run a directory

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
• Target version: 2.0.0

[rogerdpack (Roger Pack)]

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Currently in linux, you may get this:

$ ruby -c wbo_backup
ruby: Is a directory - wbo_backup (Errno::EISDIR)

however we are not so fortunate in windows

C:\dev\ruby\p2pwebclient\documents\writeup\final>ruby logs
ruby: Permission denied -- logs (LoadError)

It would be nice to get a similar error message in windows.

Thanks!
-r
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[vvs (Vladimir Sizikov)]

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Yeah, all MRI versions from 1.8.6, through 1.8.7, 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2-dev, all report "Permission denied" on Windows. Except for cygwin ruby :) Actually, even JRuby reports Permission denied.

This difference between platforms is indeed unfortunate.
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[ujihisa (Tatsuhiro Ujihisa)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)

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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Open
• Assignee deleted (usa (Usaku NAKAMURA))

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On some platforms which allow to read directory entry, such errors occurs.

% ruby18 tmp
tmp:1: Invalid char \027' in expression tmp:1: Invalid char \001' in expression
% ruby19 tmp
tmp:1: Invalid char \x17' in expression tmp:1: Invalid char \x01' in expression
tmp:1:in <main>': undefined local variable or method xy' for main:Object (NameError)

So, this is not Windows issue.
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[znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA)]

• Category set to core
• Target version set to 2.0.0

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[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Description updated (diff)
• Assignee set to nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r35131.
Roger, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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• ruby.c (load_file_internal): bail out if the script is a directory.
  [Feature #2408][ruby-core:26925]