Re: Encodings, Trademarks, Files, and POSIX

[Tim Jones <tjmac@tolisgroup.com>]

On Apr 30, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Rubber Chicken Software Co. wrote:

> OK, take a deep breath...
>
> Let's say I have a FolderItem in RB, and I have a dylib written in C 
> ++ that calls the POSIX function lstat() (or stat()) to verify the  
> existence of the file.
> lstat() takes a char* argument for the path. But under what Encoding?
>
> Most of the time this works, but not in some cases. In this case I  
> have a trademark symbol, and ultimately lstat() rejects the char* I  
> throw at it.
> Here's my process:
>
> -I take the AbsolutePath of the folder item
Why not take the ShellPath instead?  That's what lstat/stat will  
expect...
HTH,
Tim


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