[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #32158] Error of deleting a file file path which begins with '\' on MinGW

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32158>

                 Summary: Error of deleting a file file path which begins
with '\' on MinGW
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: tmacchant
            Submitted on: 2011年01月17日 21時34分32秒
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I move this topic from patch tracker to here according to John's suggestion.
(https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?7438)

My submission****************
I submit a change set to fix error of deleting a file file path which begins
with '\' on MinGW (dev source).  Without the patch, octave often fail to
delete temporary files with path like '\octave-help-xxxxx'  

John's reply ****************
I wonder if you are maybe fixing the wrong thing. Why are temporary file
names like '\octave-help-xxxxxx' being generated? Are those valid filenames on
Windows systems? If so, then why is it possible to use them for some purposes
(opening and writing to them, apparently) but not others (deleting)? What is
the value of P_tmpdir in your version of Octave? How does the help function
generate temporary file names? 



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Date: 2011年01月17日 21時34分32秒  Name: delete.m.diff  Size: 733B  
By: tmacchant

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=22432>

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