Opened at 2013-07-17T14:55:19Z
Closed at 2013-07-17T16:18:48Z
#2029 closed enhancement (duplicate)
'tahoe cp' gives a bad error message when no file name is specified.
Reported by: | markberger | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 1.10.1 |
Component: | code-frontend-cli | Version: | 1.10.0 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Launchpad Bug: |
Description
If the user attempts to copy a file from the top level of a directory without specifying a name, a confusing error message occurs.
Marks-MacBook-Pro-5:tahoe-fork markberger$ bin/tahoe cp tahoe:Seattle.jpg ~ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py", line 156, in run rc = runner(sys.argv[1:], install_node_control=install_node_control) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py", line 141, in runner rc = cli.dispatch[command](so) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/cli.py", line 551, in cp rc = tahoe_cp.copy(options) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 770, in copy return Copier().do_copy(options) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 451, in do_copy status = self.try_copy() File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 512, in try_copy return self.copy_to_directory(sources, target) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 672, in copy_to_directory self.copy_files_to_target(self.targetmap[target], target) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 703, in copy_files_to_target self.copy_file_into(source, name, target) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 748, in copy_file_into target.put_file(name, f) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py", line 156, in put_file precondition(isinstance(name, unicode), name) File "/Users/markberger/Code/tahoe-fork/src/allmydata/util/assertutil.py", line 39, in precondition raise AssertionError, "".join(msgbuf) AssertionError: precondition: 'Seattle.jpg' <type 'str'>
To close this ticket, the cli should give a clear message to the user such as: No file name has been specified for the download location. Please specify a file name. This ticket may be unnecessary depending on the result of #2027.
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed at 2013-07-17T16:18:48Z by daira
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from new to closed
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Merging into #2027.