[Magick-bugs] ImageMagick messes up PATH

Zlatko Lovcevic zlatko.lovcevic at dmsgroup.rs
Wed Jun 3 02:49:46 PDT 2009


Zlatko Lovcevic wrote:
> Problem is in PathTool.exe. When it adds ImageMagick to Path it also 
> adds null character ('\x00') to the end of the Path string. Because of 
> that next attempt to add something to Path will silently fail. To prove 
> that I have attached PrintScreen image. In step [11] I read content of 
> Path on a computer with fresh installation of Win XP SP3. In step [12] I 
> print value of sData without formating (function repr()). After that I 
> run PathTool.exe with following parameters: -a:"whatever". Steps [13] 
> and [14] are same like [11] and [12], respectably. I will also report 
> this to the creator of PathTool.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Zlatko Lovcevic

I forgot to add that when I say that adding something to path will fail 
I mean adding something to the end of Path with or without using 
PathTool.exe.


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