Uploader file types

[Justin]

Hello,

I can confirm that the uploader won't add a file that has a size of  
zero. Laurel reported this issue a few weeks ago.

http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-2554

Eli if you need help testing, please let me know, although it sounds  
like you have it under control.

Thanks
Justin

On 27-Apr-09, at 11:12 PM, Eli Cochran wrote:

> Aaron, please send me the file. I have a Mac and I can probably get  
> to the bottom of it pretty quickly.
>
> Thanks,
> Eli
>
> On Apr 27, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Aaron Brown wrote:
>
>> Eli Cochran wrote:
>>> Fascinating. Great catch. I'll check it out on Monday.
>>> Curious about the .zip thing though. I would be surprised but it's  
>>> very easy to check.
>>
>> I now have a file that cannot be uploaded from Mac/Safari.  I  
>> haven't yet tested any other browser since I don't own a Mac  
>> myself, so I'm begging borrowed time from co-workers to do my  
>> debugging.  If you'd like a copy of the file, I'll happily send it  
>> to you.
>>
>> My initial suspicion:  The culprit is the data/resource forking on  
>> the file confusing the SWFupload widget into thinking there is no  
>> file there.  If I'm right, there are several implications:
>>
>> 1) The problem is only testable on a Macintosh since the error is  
>> related to the OS's file system.  Working with the same file on any  
>> other platform produces a different result.
>>
>> 2) The problem lies in SWFupload, not in Infusion.
>>
>> 3) As a result of (2), you can't fix it, you can only hope that it  
>> gets fixed.
>>
>> At this point it's only a hunch that this is the cause, and I'd  
>> like to be wrong here since the outcome wouldn't be pretty.  The  
>> file I have is actually a .zip file, created on Mac OS X,  
>> containing a single file - a font file - and that internal file,  
>> once uncompressed from the .zip, cannot be uploaded.
>>
>> When I unzip the file in Linux, I see typical Mac forked file  
>> output: a file with the right filename, but a size of zero, plus a  
>> MACOSX directory within which is a file that is actually the file I  
>> want. (see terminal output below)
>>
>> When I try to upload the file using the Uploader on Mac/Safari, I  
>> can Browse, pick the file from the list (I'm choosing the font  
>> file, not the .zip file), and click OK.  When the file chooser  
>> disappears, I see an empty file queue, as if I hadn't picked a  
>> file, after all.  I cannot click Upload - there isn't anything in  
>> the queue.
>>
>> So I should clarify a bit: The real problem is that I cannot add  
>> this file to the queue.  Uploading is a moot point, since I can't  
>> get that far.
>>
>> These experiences lead me to believe that the flash widget is  
>> looking at the file in a not-native-MacOSX way, so it sees the null- 
>> length file and not the actual data fork.  When it sees that I've  
>> selected an empty file, it won't let me add it to the list.  Hence  
>> my suspicions that I outlined above.  I can at least confirm that  
>> the file picker/queue behaves the same way on my Linux system when  
>> I choose to upload the zero-length file created from the .zip.  
>> (again, see below)
>>
>> As I said, I'll be happy to email a copy of this .zip file to  
>> anyone who wants to take a stab at debugging.  I'll keep testing on  
>> my end so far as I'm able.  I couldn't find any reference to this  
>> problem by googling for it re: SWFupload, but someone else may have  
>> better luck there.
>>
>> Here's the terminal output I promised earlier:
>>
>> $ unzip Monotype\ Sorts.zip
>> Archive:  Monotype Sorts.zip
>> extracting: Monotype Sorts
>>  creating: __MACOSX/
>> inflating: __MACOSX/._Monotype Sorts
>>
>> $ ls -al
>> total 72
>> drwxr-xr-x  3 brown brown  4096 2009-04-27 21:35 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 10 brown brown  4096 2009-04-27 21:35 ..
>> drwxrwxr-x  2 brown brown  4096 2009-04-27 10:48 __MACOSX
>> -rwxrwxrwx  1 brown brown     0 2003-09-23 11:58 Monotype Sorts
>> -rw-r--r--  1 brown brown 53739 2009-04-27 21:35 Monotype Sorts.zip
>>
>> - Aaron
>>
>> P.S. Forking Mac OS X file system.  Fork.
>>
>> -- 
>> Aaron Brown :: aaron at thebrownproject.com :: www.thebrownproject.com
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> Eli Cochran
> user interaction developer
> ETS, UC Berkeley
>
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