acet-file-attr returns 8208

Does anyone know what this means?

Command: (acet-file-attr "c:\\testfolder")
8208

I have a newly installed ACAD 2004 and I was trying to setup the MOVEBAK folder. I
kept getting: "Not a directory: c:\\testfolder". Looking at the Express Tools
movebak.lsp file, I'm fairly sure this part of the code is related to the problem.

(if (and new
(/= "" new)
(/= ":\\" (substr new 2))
(/= AcetIRECTORY (acet-file-attr new)) ) ; here - returns 8208
(progn
(princ (acet-str-format "Not a directory: %1" new))
(setq new nil)
)
)

Workaround was this at the command line (setenv "AcetMoveBack" "c:\\testfolder")
which did the trick. But I'm still curious... If I knew what 8208 meant, maybe I'd
have a clue about why MOVEBAK thinks it can't use that folder. I doubt it matters,
but the C: drive on this machine is a RAID mirror setup.

Thanks
Joe Burke

 

File attributes are byte encoded integers,
so you have to mask other bits:

(if (eq acet:directory
(logand
acet:directory
(acet-file-attr <file>)
)
)
(princ "\nThis is a directory")
(princ "\nThis ain't no directory")
)

 

Thank you, Tony.

I modified movebak.lsp as follows. See my first post for the original code.

(if (and new
(/= "" new)
(/= ":\\" (substr new 2))
(/= AcetIRECTORY
(logand acet:directory (acet-file-attr new))) ; TT code added here
)
(progn
(princ (acet-str-format "Not a directory: %1" new))
(setq new nil)
)
)

Now it works:
Command: movebak
New value for MOVEBAK, or . for none <>: c:\\testfolder
Command: movebak
New value for MOVEBAK, or . for none <c:\\testfolder>:

Which seems to indicate a bug. Though I'm still wondering why the problem is only
happening on this computer.

BTW, the virgin movebak code allowed this response: C:\\ It would put all the bak
files at the root level of the C drive. But it would not allow any folder
specification beyond C:\\ until your patch above.

Joe Burke