Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch) - Page 6

Mister_Magotchi · 05-01-2012 , 15:03 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

Is the temp.xml the only contents, then, of that cache folder?

The first error you were seeing, "Error replacing cache with fresh XML content temp. file.", as I did two operations at once at that point in the code, could mean either than the permanent cache file (like 1576325.xml) existed but couldn't be deleted, or the temp. cache file (temp.xml) couldn't be renamed to the permanent name (like 1576325.xml).

Basically, on each iteration (each Steam group), cURL grabs the XML for the group, saving it to temp.xml. If it successfully gets some data, it's supposed to delete the old cache file stored for the group (like 1576325.xml), and then rename the temp.xml to that name.

In your case, cURL is certainly successful in getting data, but there's a problem in that operation, and my main guess is that something I'm not aware of is keeping the temp.xml file locked. If it were a problem deleting the other cache file (like 1576325.xml), then you wouldn't be seeing the second error you were seeing ("Error reading XML data...").

If you manually try to rename the temp.xml file while the server is running, does Windows allow you to, or is the file locked?

Jоnny · 05-01-2012 , 15:43 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

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Originally Posted by Mister_Magotchi

Is the temp.xml the only contents, then, of that cache folder?

yes

Jоnny · *Last edited by Jоnny; 05-01-2012 at 15:48.*

0.9.6 works for me w/o any errors

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If you manually try to rename the temp.xml file while the server is running, does Windows allow you to, or is the file locked?

file is not blocked, can rename

Mister_Magotchi · *Last edited by Mister_Magotchi; 05-01-2012 at 19:24.*

I will get back to you on this. It just takes a bit of thinking to troubleshoot something I can't directly test.

In the meantime, 0.9.6 will get you by, but if you delete people from your Steam groups, they are likely to not lose their admin unless you wipe the contents of the cache folder.

EDIT:
I added you on Steam. Maybe we can work through things a little better there, if you're interested.

Mister_Magotchi · 06-20-2012 , 03:48 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

There is currently a problem (or possibly just a change) with the Steam Community XML data.

Once I know what's going on, I'll either fix this plugin to work with the update, or it will fix itself once the API goes back to normal.

Mister_Magotchi · 06-20-2012 , 16:30 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

The API is back to normal, so the plugin is working again.

asherkin · 08-22-2012 , 07:56 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

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Originally Posted by Mister_Magotchi

I will get back to you on this. It just takes a bit of thinking to troubleshoot something I can't directly test.

It can take a significant amount of time for file operations to actually commit on Windows.
We had similar issues with the AlliedModders build system, where renaming/removing a temp file didn't actually remove it, so when the next stage wrote to it it failed as it was in a locked state.

Mister_Magotchi · 08-22-2012 , 13:01 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

Yeah. That seems to be the kind of problem I'm now having with it on CS:GO on Windows. It seems to work fine if you restart the plugin once after the server is restarted, but until then, it really seems to hate the various file operations.

AlfredSpain · *Last edited by AlfredSpain; 09-19-2012 at 16:09.*

Is possible to make this plugin works only for those using the tag group?

markg · 09-24-2012 , 20:17 Re: Steam Group Admins (HTTP Prefetch)

One request:

you based this one on Psychonics plugin which does not precache, so we cant use it for reserved slot.

but he has the ability to have different permissions for group Admins vs group Members.

can you possibly add that? it would make for a major improvement

thanks