Feature #9263: When creating symlink (or link) and the destination exists already, the error message is ambiguous

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: 2.1.0

[vajrasky (Vajrasky Kok)]

Assume file 'link_b' already exists.

irb(main):001:0> File.symlink('a.txt', 'link_b')
Errno::EEXIST: File exists @ sys_fail2 - (a.txt, link_b)
from (irb):1:in symlink' from (irb):1 from /home/ethan/Documents/code/ruby/localruby/bin/irb:11:in '

We don't need both file information "(a.txt, link_b)". For EEXIST, it always refers to the destination file. So the error message should be:
Errno::EEXIST: File exists @ sys_fail2 - link_b
from (irb):1:in symlink' from (irb):1 from /home/ethan/Documents/code/ruby/localruby/bin/irb:11:in '

I already created a patch for this. Tested on Linux. I haven't tested on Windows yet. If this is a go, then I'll test it on Windows later (Does Ruby 2.1 support symlink on Windows NT 6?).

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r44313.
Vajrasky, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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file.c: destination path only

• file.c: remove unnecessary the source path from EEXIST error
  messages and show the destination path only. [ruby-core:59202]
  [Feature #9263]