'file:d:/' asUrl ==> file:///d%3A/ 'file://d:/' asUrl ==> file://d:/ The second looks nice, but: 'file://d:/' asUrl asFileReference ==> File @ The problem seems to be that: 'file://d:/' asUrl pathString ==> '' :( Cheers, Doru On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Camillo Bruni <camillobruni@gmail.com>wrote:

On 2013-03-28, at 14:44, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:

...

Hi,

I am trying to get to a FileUrl via the polymorphic asUrl call, but it seems I am doing something wrong.

I do: 'file:d:\' asUrl

but the problem seems that $: and $\ are mangled, because when I print, I get: file:///d%3A%5C

Furthermore: 'file:d:\' asUrl asFileReference exists ==> false

but, at the same time: 'd:\' asFileReference exists ==> true

Can anyone tell me where is the mistake?

Btw, the reason I am looking for this is that I would like to use the ZeroConf support to load a configuration from a directory Monticello repository and to do that I have to pass a url to the command line.

I guess that will work out of the box under linux. I think the URL parsing with the directory letter under windows is broken. And I bet there is no test catching that either.

Did you try the following? 'file://d:/' asUrl 'file:d:/' asUrl

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ok that IS broken then :/ could you open an issue? On 2013-03-28, at 15:08, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:

'file:d:/' asUrl ==> file:///d%3A/ 'file://d:/' asUrl ==> file://d:/

The second looks nice, but: 'file://d:/' asUrl asFileReference ==> File @

The problem seems to be that: 'file://d:/' asUrl pathString ==> ''

:(

Cheers, Doru

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Camillo Bruni <camillobruni@gmail.com>wrote:

...

On 2013-03-28, at 14:44, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:

...

Hi,

I am trying to get to a FileUrl via the polymorphic asUrl call, but it seems I am doing something wrong.

I do: 'file:d:\' asUrl

but the problem seems that $: and $\ are mangled, because when I print, I get: file:///d%3A%5C

Furthermore: 'file:d:\' asUrl asFileReference exists ==> false

but, at the same time: 'd:\' asFileReference exists ==> true

Can anyone tell me where is the mistake?

Btw, the reason I am looking for this is that I would like to use the ZeroConf support to load a configuration from a directory Monticello repository and to do that I have to pass a url to the command line.

I guess that will work out of the box under linux. I think the URL parsing with the directory letter under windows is broken. And I bet there is no test catching that either.

Did you try the following? 'file://d:/' asUrl 'file:d:/' asUrl

-- www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

Hi Sven, Thanks. I will give it a try next week. @Camillo: In the meantime, I opened an issue: https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/10180/Obtaining-a-FileReference-through-St... I am not sure I did it right. Could you check and let me know if there is anything I missed in the entry (I mean from the point of view of the meta-data, not of the description)? Cheers, Doru On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:

Hi Doru,

On 28 Mar 2013, at 15:08, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:

...

'file:d:/' asUrl ==> file:///d%3A/ 'file://d:/' asUrl ==> file://d:/

The second looks nice, but: 'file://d:/' asUrl asFileReference ==> File @

The problem seems to be that: 'file://d:/' asUrl pathString ==> ''

:(

You could try a bit with the extension methods in the package Zinc-Resource-Meta-FileSystem in Pharo 2.0

'file:///c:/' asZnUrl asFileReference ==> File @ /c:

But Windows File URLs are a big mess ;-)

So, any help is greatly appreciated, but do also check specifications.

Sven

...

Cheers, Doru

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Camillo Bruni <camillobruni@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2013-03-28, at 14:44, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:

...

Hi,

I am trying to get to a FileUrl via the polymorphic asUrl call, but it seems I am doing something wrong.

I do: 'file:d:\' asUrl

but the problem seems that $: and $\ are mangled, because when I print, I get: file:///d%3A%5C

Furthermore: 'file:d:\' asUrl asFileReference exists ==> false

but, at the same time: 'd:\' asFileReference exists ==> true

Can anyone tell me where is the mistake?

Btw, the reason I am looking for this is that I would like to use the ZeroConf support to load a configuration from a directory Monticello repository and to do that I have to pass a url to the command line.

I guess that will work out of the box under linux. I think the URL parsing with the directory letter under windows is broken. And I bet there is no test catching that either.

Did you try the following? 'file://d:/' asUrl 'file:d:/' asUrl

-- www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

-- Sven Van Caekenberghe http://stfx.eu Smalltalk is the Red Pill

-- www.tudorgirba.com "When people care, great things can happen."