[Win32utils-devel] File.open on a directory?

[win32utils-devel at rubyforge.org]

Hi,
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Windows 2000
> Ruby 1.8.2 RC9
> 
> Is it possible to call File.open on a directory in Windows?  I always get 
> Errno::EACCES, even though there are no special settings on the directories 
> I've tried and I have full access.
> 
> Dan
> 
The open function cannot open directory on Windows. it returns EACCES if given path is directory.

You should use CreateFile function to open directory.
Opening a directory with CreateFile requires the FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS flag.

Refer to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclib/html/_crt__open.2c_._wopen.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/createfile.asp

Regards,

Park Heesob



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