Copying files using "ftools.rb" library

[mgate]

I aim to copy a SketchUp file from one folder to another. I'm using the following method from the "ftools.rb" library:

def copy(from, to, verbose = false)
    $stderr.print from, " -> ", catname(from, to), "\n" if verbose
    syscopy from, to
  end

  alias cp copy

when running my plugin, the file is copied correctly from the original folder to the destination folder but SketchUp crashes afterwards.

@unknownuser said:

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I tried different options, i.e. keeping the same "to" file name as the "from", also changing it but SketchUp always crashes.
However, when using the move method of the "ftools.rb", it works perfectly with no problem even changing the "to" name:

  def move(from, to, verbose = false)
    to = catname(from, to)
    $stderr.print from, " -> ", to, "\n" if verbose

    if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/ and file? to
      unlink to
    end
    fstat = stat(from)
    begin
      rename from, to
    rescue
      begin
        symlink readlink(from), to and unlink from
      rescue
	from_stat = stat(from)
	syscopy from, to and unlink from
	utime(from_stat.atime, from_stat.mtime, to)
	begin
	  chown(fstat.uid, fstat.gid, to)
	rescue
	end
      end
    end
  end

  alias mv move

Any idea where the problem is? Thanks for your time.
Note: I use SU v8

[Dan Rathbun]

(1) SU v8 uses Ruby 1.8.x which does not have Unicode character support on Windows. So any unicode characters in the pathnames could cause issues.

(2) Symbolic links require being logged into an administrator account on newer Windows version (I believe v6.0 [Vista] and higher.)

Lastly, you haven't said what kind of file you are copying. ?

Is the file currently in use by SketchUp or your extension ?

[mgate]

The goal is to create a copy of two existing template files (not opened) from "Resource" folder to a different path, the target files should have new names too (previously defined in a inputbox).
templates:
...\Resources\XXX AT Template.skp
...\Resources\XXX AT Template.xlsx

Here it is part of the script of my plugin, at the moment just trying to copy the skp file though:

require 'ftools.rb'
...
...
folder		= File.dirname( __FILE__ )
resources	= "Resources"
resource_name= "XXXXXX AT Template.skp"
resource_file	= File.join(folder, resources, resource_name).tr("\\","/") # the script will be modified to select the directory via a UI.savepanel dialogue
file_name	= "123456 AT aa.bb.skp"  # the real name will be picked via an inputbox
desti_file	= File.join(folder, file_name).tr("\\","/")

if File.exist?(resource_file)
 File.copy(resource_file, desti_file, verbose = true)
else
 puts "SKETCHUP TEMPLATE FILE NOT FOUND!"
 return nil
end
...
...

The above script certainly creates the copy in the correct folder but SU crashes afterwards.

As the move() doesn't crash, I tried to modify it as follow:

  def move(from, to, verbose = false)
    to = catname(from, to)
    $stderr.print from, " -> ", to, "\n" if verbose

#    if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/ and file? to
#      unlink to
#    end
    fstat = stat(from)
    begin
#     rename from, to
#  rescue
      begin
      ln from, to and unlink from
      rescue
	from_stat = stat(from)
	syscopy from, to  and unlink from
	utime(from_stat.atime, from_stat.mtime, to)
	begin
	  chown(fstat.uid, fstat.gid, to)
	rescue
	end
      end
    end
  end

  alias mv move

by using above move(), the resource_file is kept and the desti_file is created but SU crashes too.

I tried to use Fileutils.rb instead but there are lots of errors when open SU v.8 (I'm using !AdditionalPluginFolders.rb) and below doesn't work:

FileUtils.copy_file(resource_file, desti_file, preserve = false, dereference = true)

[Dan Rathbun]

Is the above code within a method? Using local variablesin the TOPLEVEL_BINDING of a script will not work. (They are removed from memory when the script ends.) They should be instance or class variables instead.

@mgate said:

require 'ftools.rb'

Where did "ftools.rb" come from ?

@mgate said:

I tried to use Fileutils.rb instead but there are lots of errors when open SU v.8

Where did you get the "FileUtils.rb" file from ?

I have a properly versioned Ruby 1.8.6-p287 standard Ruby library packaged as an RBZ extension for SketchUp v8..13 here:

https://github.com/DanRathbun/sketchup-ruby186-stdlib-extension/releases/latest

@mgate said:

(I'm using "!AdditionalPluginFolders.rb") and below doesn't work:
FileUtils.copy_file(resource_file, desti_file, preserve = false, dereference = true)

Using this just adds complexity to the issue at hand. I'd suggest removing it from the equation. And fix the underlying issue.

[Dan Rathbun]

@mgate said:

require 'ftools.rb'
> ...
> folder		= File.dirname( __FILE__ )
> resources	= "Resources"
> resource_name= "XXXXXX AT Template.skp"
> resource_file	= File.join(folder, resources, resource_name).tr("\\","/")
> ...
> 

Problem here.

The "Resources" folder is not in a sub-folder of the "Plugins" folder, nor in a sub-folder of YOUR extension sub-folder (which should be in a sub-folder of "Plugins".)

This should return the correct path:
resource_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("Resources")

The above script certainly creates the copy in the correct folder but SU crashes afterwards.[/quote]
Do you get a BugSplat!, or is a Windows Error Report (WER) generated (ie, check Event Viewer) ?

Secondly, your rescue clauses are not telling you what error is happening. Do something like this:

begin
  # file operation
rescue => e
  puts e.inspect # or UI.messagebox(e.inspect)
else # change to more meaningful message;
  puts "file operation success!"
end

Thirdly, we used to tell users to run SketchUp as administrator because all users needed read and write permissions on folder in the SketchUp application's program path. (This can cause file drag and drop to stop working for SketchUp.)
The alternative is to set permissions for SketchUp and all it's program sub-folders to allow all users full permissions.