Possible memory bug in Ruby? I'm stumped!

All-

The code as written after the dashed line way below (with file name t7.rb) correctly inserts the contents of file “intro_subtemplate.txt” into a template file during each iteration, resulting in the creation of some 189 identical but differently named files in directory “./output”. (There are 189
filenames in the 189 rows in file “packages.txt”.)

However, if I uncomment the two lines starting at “insertb”, only 171 files are created, then the program stops with the following message:

t7.rb:6:in ‘initialize’: Invalid argument - “./input/intro_subtemplate.txt” (Errno::EINVAL)
from t7.rb:6:in 'new’
from t7.rb:6
from t7.rb:2in 'foreach’
from t7.rb:2

Interestingly, If I then uncomment the two lines beginning at “insertc”, only 128 files are created before the program stops with the a similar message but specifying a different code line from the just-uncommented lines:

t7.rb:15:in ‘initialize’: Invalid argument - “./output/SOL_BroadbandManager_6.2_SP1” (Errno::EINVAL)
from t7.rb:15:in 'new’
from t7.rb:15
from t7.rb:2in 'foreach’
from t7.rb:2

Is this the result of some type of memory leak or improper programming? (Note: I’ll ultimatelly have some 6 or 8 files that need to be inserted into each copy of the “main_readme_template” at the position of various tags in this template.) Please help, I’m stumped!

Thanks in advance!!!

-Kurt Euler
(I’m using Ruby 1.67)

File t7.rb:

···

content = File.new("./input/main_readme_template.txt").read
IO.foreach("./input/packages.txt") { |x|
field = x.chop.split(’:’)
content2 = content

inserta = File.new("./input/intro_subtemplate.txt").read
content2.gsub!(/<intro_subtemplate.txt>/, inserta)

#insertb = File.new("./input/install_unix_subtemplate.txt").read
#content2.gsub!(/<install_unix_subtemplate.txt>/, insertb)

#insertc = File.new("./input/files_changed_sp_num-1_subtemplate.txt").read
#content2.gsub!(/<files_changed_sp_num-1_subtemplate.txt">/, insertc)

File.new("./output/"+field[0],“w+”).write(content2)
puts field[0]
}

Hi,

“Kurt Euler” keuler@portal.com wrote in message
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All-

The code as written after the dashed line way below (with file name t7.rb)
correctly inserts the contents of file “intro_subtemplate.txt” into a
template file during each iteration, resulting in the creation of some 189
identical but differently named files in directory “./output”. (There are
189
filenames in the 189 rows in file “packages.txt”.)

t7.rb:6:in ‘initialize’: Invalid argument -
“./input/intro_subtemplate.txt” (Errno::EINVAL)
from t7.rb:6:in ‘new’
from t7.rb:6
from t7.rb:2in ‘foreach’
from t7.rb:2

t7.rb:15:in ‘initialize’: Invalid argument -
“./output/SOL_BroadbandManager_6.2_SP1” (Errno::EINVAL)
from t7.rb:15:in ‘new’
from t7.rb:15
from t7.rb:2in ‘foreach’
from t7.rb:2

These error messages caused by too many open files.

Thanks in advance!!!

-Kurt Euler
(I’m using Ruby 1.67)

File t7.rb:

content = File.new(“./input/main_readme_template.txt”).read
IO.foreach(“./input/packages.txt”) { |x|
field = x.chop.split(‘:’)
content2 = content

inserta = File.new(“./input/intro_subtemplate.txt”).read
content2.gsub!(/<intro_subtemplate.txt>/, inserta)

#insertb = File.new(“./input/install_unix_subtemplate.txt”).read
#content2.gsub!(/<install_unix_subtemplate.txt>/, insertb)

#insertc =
File.new(“./input/files_changed_sp_num-1_subtemplate.txt”).read
#content2.gsub!(/<files_changed_sp_num-1_subtemplate.txt">/, insertc)

File.new(“./output/”+field[0],“w+”).write(content2)
puts field[0]
}

Following three lines should be placed before IO.foeach loop.

inserta = File.new(“./input/intro_subtemplate.txt”).read
insertb = File.new(“./input/install_unix_subtemplate.txt”).read
insertc = File.new(“./input/files_changed_sp_num-1_subtemplate.txt”).read

Or

inserta = File.new(“./input/intro_subtemplate.txt”).read

should be

f = File.new(“./input/intro_subtemplate.txt”)
inserta = f.read
f.close

Park Heesob.

Park Heesob wrote:

“Kurt Euler” keuler@portal.com wrote in message
news:C47CCC6238EFD4119C5200508B95A100074AF63B@cup1ex1.portal.com

t7.rb:6:in ‘initialize’: Invalid argument -

These error messages caused by too many open files.

This is exactly the sort of problem that GC causes. Those files should
completely destroyed each time they go out of scope during the iteration.

Sean