Re: mkshortcut debugging problem

[Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>]

Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:

> 
> The code that produces this error is:
> 
>       MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, lname, -1, widepath, MAX_PATH);
>       hres = pf->lpVtbl->Save (pf, widepath, TRUE);
>       if (!SUCCEEDED(hres)) 
>       {
>         fprintf(stderr, "%s: Save to persistant storage failed (Does the
> directo
> ry you are writing to exist?)\n", prog_name);
>         exit(3);
>       }
> 
> I'm afraid I have no idea how to debug this, and I've begun to make what
> seem like arbitrary changes. Why would it work from one directory and not
> another? (BTW, I tried printf'ing the lname string and it is identical in
> both cases.) Anyone have any suggestions?


Permissions or ACLs on the two different directories?  Try

getfacl {dir1}
getfacl {dir2}

Same?  Different?

--Chuck



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