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#79624 - 2003-03-26 03:29 PM Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Was messing around with som of my login scripts today, and was trying redo a check I did to see if my clients fileserver was available on their local subnets. This was done by just using EXIST("\\server\share") Since I've remade my approach on storing userfiles, I now have a root share on each local fileserver (w2k server) named "\\server\Users" on which the share permission are set to admins only (under that folder there's userfolders individually shared as \\server\@USERID$). Anyhow, while doing this I though I'd just see what EXIST() reports if the user has no share permissions on the folder. WinNT4 and Win9x reports @ERROR = 1 for EXIST("\\server\users"), which is correct (the folder exists and is "browsable" to, even though they might not have access to it), on Win2000 though, it report @ERROR = 0 Is this a known bug? I tried with both KiX 363 and 420, and it was the same. [ 26. March 2003, 15:58: Message edited by: masken ] _________________________ The tart is out there
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#79625 - 2003-03-26 03:34 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	well, if the folder exists... it actually should be 0! if it is not a hidden share and users can see it in net view, sure it should always return 0. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#79626 - 2003-03-26 03:35 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Not quite ! quote: Exist( ) Action: Checks for the existence of one or more files. Syntax: Exist ("file name") Parameters: File name Identifies the file(s) you want to locate. Remarks: Supports wildcards. Returns: 0 File not found 1 File found Examples: IF EXIST (@LDRIVE + "\users.txt") DISPLAY @LDRIVE + "\users.txt" ENDIF IF EXIST (@LDRIVE + "\*.INI") ; Etc, etc. ENDIF _________________________
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#79627 - 2003-03-26 03:40 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	quite right in the meaning that exist does not set @error. so, even though it does not specifically set it to 0, it does not set it to anything else either. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#79628 - 2003-03-26 03:50 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	...problem remains? Should clarify myself with what I used to for testing... code: ? "test # 1:" ? "=========" IF EXIST("\\server\Users") = 1 ? "yupp, folder exists" ELSE ? "nope, doesn't exist, errorcode @ERROR (@SERROR)" ENDIF ? "test # 2:" ? "=========" IF EXIST("\\server\Users\") ? "yupp, folder exists" ELSE ? "nope, doesn't exist, errorcode @ERROR (@SERROR)" ENDIF [ 26. March 2003, 15:53: Message edited by: masken ] _________________________ The tart is out there
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#79629 - 2003-03-26 04:01 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Need to be clear on the terminology. What a function returns and the @Error that may or may not get set can be two separate and distinct values. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#79630 - 2003-03-27 08:55 AM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	yes yes, returncode, errorcode, whatever heh... it still reports wrong? _________________________ The tart is out there
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#79631 - 2003-03-27 08:57 AM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Mats, you may want to post this in Beta to get Ruuds attention ? _________________________
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#79632 - 2003-03-27 03:43 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Perhaps some mod can move it? _________________________ The tart is out there
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#79633 - 2003-03-27 04:40 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	masken, please first post the console output of the above code. I still don't see it as a bug on w2k but there is some problem on older systems. by the manual, there is not said that it should give you errorcode which you seem to miss. [ 27. March 2003, 16:41: Message edited by: Lonkero ] _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#79634 - 2003-03-27 06:05 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Rocco Capra Rocco Capra Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-04-01 Posts: 380 Loc: Mansfield Ohio	Output.. code: test # 1: ========= nope, doesn't exist, errorcode 0 (The operation completed successfully.) test # 2: ========= nope, doesn't exist, errorcode 0 (The operation completed successfully.) *********************************************** test # 1: ========= yupp, folder exists test # 2: ========= yupp, folder exists Think of it this way... The exist() command returns a 1 or 0. The @Error returns weather or not the command completed or not. So if the file is there or not you will get a 0 from @Error as long as the command completed. Here try this code... code: BREAK ON ?EXIST("\\MANFP1NT\Users");this does exist ?@ERROR ?EXIST("\\MANFP1NT\User") ;this does not exist ?@ERROR GET $_ You will see that @Error returns a 0 on both because the Exist() command completed successfully. HTH Rocco _________________________ I Love this board!! -------------------- My DEV PC is running KIX 4.22 WINXP Pro
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#79635 - 2003-03-27 06:30 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	rocco, but you use XP. also on w2k it works as expected. I talked to masken yesterday and he said that the error was set on other OS'es like win9x and NT. sorry for not clearing that out here. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#79636 - 2003-03-27 06:39 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Rocco Capra Rocco Capra Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-04-01 Posts: 380 Loc: Mansfield Ohio	Lonkero, I get the same output on XP and 2000 and NT(don't have any 9X to test). Same kix (4.11) Rocco _________________________ I Love this board!! -------------------- My DEV PC is running KIX 4.22 WINXP Pro
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#79637 - 2003-03-27 09:11 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	ok, then remove the rights for you on the share and try again _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#79638 - 2003-03-28 02:37 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Rocco Capra Rocco Capra Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-04-01 Posts: 380 Loc: Mansfield Ohio	quote: Anyhow, while doing this I though I'd just see what EXIST() reports if the user has no share permissions on the folder. Duh, I missed that sorry! Rocco _________________________ I Love this board!! -------------------- My DEV PC is running KIX 4.22 WINXP Pro
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#79639 - 2003-03-28 03:52 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Did some more testing... code: ? "TEST 1" IF GETFILEATTR("\\server\Users") & 16 ? "yupp, exists" ELSE ? "nope, not found" ENDIF ? "TEST 2" $returncode = GETFILEATTR( "\\server\Users") ? "returncode: $returncode" On Win9x and NT4, the returncode is 16, on Win2000 it's 0. On all tests, the client didn't have share permissions to the share. @Lonkero, the output is as I've told. [ 28. March 2003, 15:54: Message edited by: masken ] _________________________ The tart is out there
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#79640 - 2003-04-03 06:41 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Ruud van Velsen Ruud van Velsen Developer Registered: 1999-05-06 Posts: 391 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Thanks for the report. This phenomenon is caused by a change in the underlying Windows API's. I'll look into it, but I doubt there is anything I can change about it. Regards, Ruud
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#79641 - 2003-04-21 07:27 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Ok, thanks for replying. Damned... well I hope it could be made so that the errorcodes are at least reported the same on different OS's? _________________________ The tart is out there
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#79642 - 2003-04-21 08:42 PM Re: Bug? EXIST() reports returncode 0 on Win2000
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	still, you shouldn't be looking at the error-code. as exist even shouldn't return errorcodes in the first place (according to manual) _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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