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Re: [Savonet-users] Problem with getting Liquidsoap to run a playlist
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From: Elliott B. <ell...@go...> - 2011-02-07 20:34:37
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Hi, thanks for the corrections.
We now have some success, I think. :)
/media/jingles was just an example of my directory structure.
Here's the output:
Objective Caml version 3.11.2
# Sys.is_directory "/username/jingles";;
- : bool = true
Hope that helps somewhat.
Cheers.
Elliott.
On 07/02/2011, Romain Beauxis <rom...@gm...> wrote:
> 2011/2/7 Elliott Barnes <ell...@go...>:
>> Hi.
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your patience :)
>
>> I ran both commands, but I'm getting the following output - don't
>> think it's what you're afer:
>>
>> Objective Caml version 3.11.2
>>
>> # (Unix.stat "/jingles").Unix.st_kind = Unix.S_DIR;;
>> Error: Reference to undefined global `Unix'
>> # Sys.is_directory "/jingles"
>
> If you run:
> ledit ocaml unix.cma
> it should load the unix module.. Did you run it with unix.cma added at the
> end ?
> Also, I am sorry for the mistake, for the second one I meant (followed
> by return):
> Sys.is_directory "/media/jingles";;
> notice the ;; at the end..
>
> Finally, you should use the directory that is not working so
> "/media/jingles" I think (the above commands show "/jingles")
>
> Romain
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On 07/02/2011, Romain Beauxis <rom...@gm...> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> No fix has yet been comitted. What would be very nice if if you could
>>> do the following:
>>>
>>> * As root:
>>> apt-get install ocaml-nox ledit
>>> * As normal user, run
>>> ledit ocaml
>>> * At the prompt paste this line (followed by return):
>>> (Unix.stat "/media/jingles").Unix.st_kind = Unix.S_DIR;;
>>> * Then type the following (followed by return again):
>>> Sys.is_directory "/media/jingles"
>>> * Post here the results of the two commeands
>>>
>>> This would confirm the expected issue and I would be able to commit
>>> immediatly a fix..
>>>
>>> Romain
>>>
>>> 2011/2/7 Elliott Barnes <ell...@go...>:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> What do I have to change? I didn't see any code above.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.
>>>>
>>>> On 07/02/2011, Romain Beauxis <rom...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>> 2011/2/7 Elliott Barnes <ell...@go...>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The dh -h command wasn't found, but when running the cat command I got
>>>>>> the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I meant df -h However, I think we have enough information at this
>>>>> point, see below..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
>>>>>> #
>>>>>> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
>>>>>> <pass>
>>>>>> dev /dev devtmpfs rw 0 0
>>>>>> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>>>>>> /dev/xvda / ext3 grpquota,errors=remount-ro,usrquota,noatime,rw 0
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> /dev/xvdb none swap sw 0 0
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The "noatime" attribute seems very suspicious concerning your issue for
>>>>> me.
>>>>> Basically, noatime removes all access time information from the file
>>>>> system.
>>>>> I wouldn't be surprised that with such option, a call to Unix.stat
>>>>> fails.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is another function to test if a file is a directory
>>>>> (Sys.is_directory). I could almost be that this one would work for you
>>>>> and
>>>>> would be a better alternative to the current code..
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be very nice if you could test the ocaml code I sent
>>>>> previously
>>>>> (with Samuel's corrections). That way we could be sure of that the
>>>>> problem
>>>>> is the one I mentioned and fix the code appropriately...
>>>>>
>>>>> Romain
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07/02/2011, Romain Beauxis <rom...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>> > Hi!
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 2011/2/7 Elliott Barnes <ell...@go...>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Hi guys, and once again thanks for all your suggestions.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Upon running the "ocaml unix.cma" command as suggested, I got a
>>>>>> >> "command not found" message, which makes me think it's not
>>>>>> >> installed
>>>>>> >> -
>>>>>> >> could this be the cause of the problem?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > You can install the command by installing the ocaml-nox package.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Upon installing Liquidsoap, instead of
>>>>>> >> adding the Ubuntu repository, I had to add the Debiun one; I
>>>>>> >> received
>>>>>> >> an error when trying to retreave the package index - again, could
>>>>>> >> this
>>>>>> >> be the root of the problem, or are the repositories virtually the
>>>>>> >> same
>>>>>> >> anyway?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I don't think this is a problem..
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > What could be more interesting is some details about the filesystem
>>>>>> > that
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> > use and the structure of your files.. For instance, the output of:
>>>>>> > dh -h
>>>>>> > and
>>>>>> > cat /etc/fstab
>>>>>> > should provide useful informations. If you think those values are
>>>>>> private,
>>>>>> > you can send them to me off-list..
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Romain
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Cheers, and sorry for all the problems.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Thanks.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Elliott.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On 07/02/2011, Samuel Mimram <sm...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>> >> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Romain Beauxis
>>>>>> >> > <rom...@gm...>wrote:
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> What you could do if you have ocaml installed is try the
>>>>>> >> >> following:
>>>>>> >> >> * As command-line, type ocaml (or if you have ledit installed:
>>>>>> >> >> ledit
>>>>>> >> >> ocaml)
>>>>>> >> >> * Paste the following expression:
>>>>>> >> >> (Unix.stat "/media/jingles").Unix.st_kind = Unix.S_DIR
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > More precisely, run
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > ocaml unix.cma
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > and execute
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > (Unix.stat "/media/jingles").Unix.st_kind = Unix.S_DIR;;
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > (notice the ;; in the end).
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > ++
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > Sam.
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>> >> Elliott.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Contact Info:
>>>>>> >>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Elliott.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Elliott.
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Elliott.
>>
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>
--
Elliott.
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