# File\_column repository broken? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565 "2006-07-07T23:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/1 "2006-07-07T23:58:23Z")
I really want to try out file\_column but the repository seems to be down for me. I added it to my repository list and script/plugin is unable to see anything in it. I downloaded an archive from the website but it is not clear to me which files need to be installed to which subdirs of my RoR project. Anyone else having this issue with the repository? I am able to see other repositorys no problem. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/2 "2006-07-08T01:30:36Z")
On 7/7/06, Mike K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks in advance. > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) The repo is hosted on a free SVN service, which is also down. No idea why. You can download my version of file\_column, which differs from the main one (mostly by using `mogrify ... ` instead of RMagick) in undocumented ways. [http://svn.kylemaxwell.com/file\_column/](http://svn.kylemaxwell.com/file_column/) – Kyle M. Chief Technologist E Factor Media // FN Interactive removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 1-866-263-3261 ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/3 "2006-07-08T02:47:38Z")
On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 19:29 -0400, Kyle M. wrote: > > Thanks in advance. > The repo is hosted on a free SVN service, which is also down. No idea > why. You can download my version of file\_column, which differs from > the main one (mostly by using `mogrify ... ` instead of RMagick) in > undocumented ways. > > [http://svn.kylemaxwell.com/file\_column/](http://svn.kylemaxwell.com/file_column/) * * * speaking of file\_column (and not wishing to steal this thread)… I set it up and am running it on Linux and when I plug my SD memory card, the files are all lower case and file\_column/rmagic do their thing and the file name remains all lower case. When I went to my client’s office and stuck the same SD card into their Macintosh, the picture file names were all upper case and the files transferred by file\_column/rmagic were all upper case which is a pita with view code manipulation because I now have to accommodate any scenario. Has anyone come up with a better fix than view code? Craig ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/4 "2006-07-08T03:29:06Z")
Thanks, I grabbed the archive, figured out how to manually install, and am now running. Apprciate you confirming the server is down. Now I need to figure out how to update a file for a given record. For example if I have a field called image in Entry, and the user has already uploaded an image file, I want to enable the user to replace the file when he edits the record. Perhaps I need to do a before\_update callback in Entry, and compare the tmp uploaded file to the one in the database, and if different delete the file and allow the new one to be placed in the filesystem and on the db? Anyone done this? ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/5 "2006-07-08T02:56:55Z")
> I set it up and am running it on Linux and when I plug my SD memory > card, the files are all lower case and file\_column/rmagic do their thing > and the file name remains all lower case. When I went to my client’s > office and stuck the same SD card into their Macintosh, the picture file > names were all upper case and the files transferred by > file\_column/rmagic were all upper case which is a pita with view code > manipulation because I now have to accommodate any scenario. Look towards the end of lib/file\_column.rb for def self.sanitize\_filename … – Kyle M. Chief Technologist E Factor Media // FN Interactive removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 1-866-263-3261 ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/6 "2006-07-08T03:29:39Z")
Thanks, I grabbed the archive, figured out how to manually install, and am now running. Apprciate you confirming the server is down. Now I need to figure out how to update a file for a given record. For example if I have a field called image in Entry, and the user has already uploaded an image file, I want to enable the user to replace the file when he edits the record. Perhaps I need to do a before\_update callback in Entry, and compare the tmp uploaded file to the one in the database, and if different delete the file and allow the new one to be placed in the filesystem and on the db? Very similar to allowing a user to update his avatar image and only enbaling him to have 1 image stored at a time. Anyone done this? ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/7 "2006-07-08T03:39:40Z")
On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 20:54 -0400, Kyle M. wrote: > def self.sanitize\_filename … * * * sort of like, add filename = filename.downcase just before it returns filename ? That should work I wasn’t going to hack the code if there was something I missed but this should suffice Thanks Craig ---
**Author:** ![thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-repository-broken/97565/8 "2006-07-08T03:39:57Z")
On 7/7/06, Kyle M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > def self.sanitize\_filename … I had a problem with file\_column under OS X also and had to modify the source to get it to work with mixed case / upper case file names. Here’s a link to the solution (and the thread discussing it): [http://www.devlists.com/message/35524](http://www.devlists.com/message/35524) jt