realpath error: The operation completed successfully

[vtjnash]

julia> realpath("\\\\.\\C:")
ERROR: SystemError: realpath: The operation completed successfully.
Stacktrace:
 [1] #windowserror#45(::Nothing, ::typeof(Base.windowserror), ::Symbol, ::Bool) at .\error.jl:148
 [2] windowserror at .\error.jl:148 [inlined]
 [3] realpath(::String) at .\path.jl:351
 [4] top-level scope at REPL[39]:1

sure it did...

Julia Version 1.3.0-DEV.390
Commit c630477 (2019-06-11 10:36 UTC)
OS: Windows (i686-w64-mingw32)

[GregPlowman]

sure it did...

Ha Ha. Similar to mmap error on Windows:
ERROR: could not create file mapping: The operation completed successfully.

[musm]

Should we just use uv_fs_realpath instead of the custom windows implementation ? (I'm not sure if uv_fs_realpath fixes the issue, since I haven't tested it yet)

[vtjnash]

yep, even if it doesn't fix the issue, it may make sense to switch (and/or contribute our implementation to libuv, if ours is better)

[vtjnash]

Looks like uv_fs_realpath is already very similar to ours, and could readily be enhanced to match ours

[vtjnash]

Looks like uv_fs_realpath is already very similar to ours, and could readily be enhanced to match ours