E-PC: GetFile Function Cannot Handle Filenames Containing Multiple Consecutive Periods (Doc ID 1575078.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 12, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

GetFile and GetTempFile PeopleCode Built-in Functions cannot handle filenames containing multiple consecutive periods. An "Invalid Parameter" error is obtained when trying to obtain such a file.

In order to replicate:

1) Create an Application Engine program or online PeopleCode program with the following code snippet:
Local File &MyFile;
&Attach_File_Name = "/dir1/dir2/Test.......Copy.xlsx";
If FileExists(&Attach_File_Name, %FilePath_Absolute) Then
  &MyFile = GetFile(&Attach_File_Name, "R", "", %FilePath_Absolute);
  &MyFile.Delete();
End-If;

2) The code fails with the following error:

"Invalid parameter /dir1/dir2/Test.......Copy.xlsx for function GetFile"

3) Same code works when a filename is used without multiple consecutive periods.

Changes

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