[brailleblaster] Re: Open File Handle for liblouisutdml.log
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:42:40 -0500
Well, if a file is open in one application Windows won't allow another
application to delete it. This could apply to libraries as well.
John
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 01:37:27PM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> I don't really understand your response. Could you explain?
> If nothing is ever written to the log it can be deleted, but if the file is
> written to then it can't.
> It seems like the issue may be related to when the file is being written to.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:54 PM, John J. Boyer <
> john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Maybe Windows thinks that liblouisutdml is still using the file.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:44:38PM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > Yes, classes like CheckLibLouisUTDMLLog can read the file. The file has
> > > read and write permissions.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:32 PM, John J. Boyer <
> > > john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > That is odd. Can you read the file? Do the methods for displaying it
> > > > work? They are called something like shorLiblouisutdmlLog . What are
> > the
> > > > permissions on the file?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:14:15AM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > > > OK, it looks like we are on the right track.
> > > > > If everything goes smoothly with no errors occurring in
> > liblouisutdml or
> > > > > liblouis I can now delete the file, but if an error occurs I still
> > can't
> > > > > delete it.
> > > > > For example, if a parsing error occurs and the method translateFile
> > > > returns
> > > > > false, I can't delete the log.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > > > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > > > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > > > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
> >
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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