# \[Bug:trunk\] startup failure with non-ascii path

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-startup-failure-with-non-ascii-path/170091>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-startup-failure-with-non-ascii-path/170091 "2009-06-12T07:52:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-startup-failure-with-non-ascii-path/170091/1 "2009-06-12T07:52:22Z")

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$ ln libruby.1.9.1.\* ruby $q  
$ DYLD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=”$q" $q/ruby  
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# Index: file.c

— file.c (revision 23669)  
+++ file.c (working copy)  
@@ -2794,4 +2794,5 @@ file\_expand\_path(VALUE fname, VALUE dnam  
BUFCHECK(bdiff \>= buflen);  
memset(buf, ‘/’, p - buf);

- rb\_enc\_copy(result, fname);  
}  
if (p \> buf && p[-1] == ‘/’)

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**Author:** ![nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-startup-failure-with-non-ascii-path/170091/2 "2009-06-12T07:58:13Z")

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## Applied in changeset r23670.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1614](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1614)

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**Author:** ![nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-startup-failure-with-non-ascii-path/170091/3 "2009-07-16T09:23:57Z")

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## applied in a changeset.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1614](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1614)

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**Author:** ![nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-startup-failure-with-non-ascii-path/170091/4 "2009-06-14T20:03:06Z")

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> [ocraの動作と、エラーの原因を考えてみる - mirichiの日記](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/mirichi/20090611/p1) e$B$N$h$&$K!"\<B9T%U%!%$%ke(B  
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> memset(buf, ‘/’, p - buf);
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> - 
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> ```
> rb_enc_copy(result, fname);
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> ```
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> }  
> if (p \> buf && p[-1] == ‘/’)

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