Re: Problem with KL_DIRECTORY.exists on Windows

neallester wrote:
> I'm trying to build a windows binary of my swete application.  When I
> run the application, KL_DIRECTORY.exists returns false even through
> the directory exists.  i.e.
> 
> directory: KL_DIRECTORY
> 
> create directory.make (directory_name)
> if not directory.exists then
>   directory.create_directory
> end
> 
> The execution fails with a permissions error at
> directory.create_directory even though this statement should never be
> executed because a directory with directory_name already exists on
> disk. Same result replacing .exists with .is_readable
> 
> It works fine on linux. Am I using KL_DIRECTORY incorrectly?

If I remember correctly you are still using an old version ISE Eiffel.
KL_DIRECTORY is implemented using ISE's DIRECTORY, and I think that
there was a bug in this class in old versions of ISE Eiffel. You should
try a more recent version of ISE Eiffel and see if the problem still
occurs.

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