2670 – std.file.read() should read files of 0 length

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Issue 2670 - std.file.read() should read files of 0 length

Summary: std.file.read() should read files of 0 length

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Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Alias:	None
Product:	D
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	dmd (show other issues)
Version:	D2
Hardware:	x86 Linux
Importance :	P2 normal
Assignee:	Walter Bright
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Reported:	2009年02月16日 03:50 UTC by Walter Bright
Modified:	2015年06月09日 05:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Walter Bright 2009年02月16日 03:50:31 UTC

Some files, such as:
char[] thing = cast(char[])std.file.read("/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease");
stat as having 0 size, and so thing[] comes back with 0 length. But if the file is read anyway with C's read(), there is data in it.

Comment 1 Walter Bright 2009年03月11日 14:53:33 UTC

Fixed dmd 1.041 and 2.026