Directory:make with UNC path

coutris

Hi all,

I’m new on this forum so sorry if this topic has already been reported.

When I àant to make directory on a shared folder, the "make" returns false with sys.error indicating an error "path not found". I have successfully tried on a local folder.

Here is the code:
`
local basepath = "\\server.loc\shared\subfolder"
local dir = sys.Directory(basepath)

if not dir.exists then
if not dir:make() then
print(sys.error)
end
end
`
Do you have some suggestions or links to solve?

Best regards,

coutris

Samir

Yes it's a known bug, it will be corrected in next LuaRT release.

For now, you can use the C ffi module and call the SHCreateDirectoryExW() function in shell32.dll

coutris

Hi Samir,

Thank you very much for your answer.

I paste here the signature I have used to help future reader because I have tried few things and only one has worked:
local c = require "c" local shell32 = c.Library("shell32.dll") shell32.SHCreateDirectoryExW = "s(JWp)i"

Here, if the s (for stdcall) is not written, the function-call returns an error 161.

Another precision that can help: this function does not accept relative-path, so I used the Directory.fullpath property.

Best regards,

Samir

Thank you !