fixed symlink flaw in file type detection

[biopieces.git] / code_ruby / lib / maasha / filesys.rb

diff --git a/code_ruby/lib/maasha/filesys.rb b/code_ruby/lib/maasha/filesys.rb
index 6a6067fbc859bb3df62a7f4eda547c0f44d8070c..cee9e2213f9fef8766206b7a5b32f130620d8f18 100644 (file)
--- a/code_ruby/lib/maasha/filesys.rb
+++ b/code_ruby/lib/maasha/filesys.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 # >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 
 require 'zlib'
-require 'bzip2'
+# require 'bzip2'
+require 'open3'
 
 # Error class for all exceptions to do with Filesys.
 class FilesysError < StandardError; end
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ class Filesys
       when :gzip
         ios = Zlib::GzipWriter.new File.open(file, mode, options)
       when :bzip, :bzip2
-        ios = Bzip2::Writer.new File.open(file, mode, options)
+        # ios = Bzip2::Writer.new File.open(file, mode, options)   # TODO being pissed with buggy bzip2 gem.
+        ios, = Open3.pipeline_w("bzip2 -c", out: file)
       else 
         ios = File.open(file, mode, options)
       end
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ class Filesys
       if file == '-'
         ios = STDIN
       else
-        case `file #{file}`
+        case `file -L #{file}`
         when /gzip/
           ios = Zlib::GzipReader.new File.open(file, mode, options)
         when /bzip/