Protobuf unit-tests will create/delete temporary files for testing purpose. For example: https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface_unittest.cc#L230
I couldn't think of how it could delete random files though. You can check whether this behavior is reproducible and if it is, debug the binary to find out how this is happening. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Peter Wurstkopp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am not a professional programmer, use Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2013 > to program and I use my PC for everything, not just programming. > So it has all kinds of stuff installed. Not sure if this matters and if > this is even the right place to ask (if not, please tell me where to go), > but anyway, here is my question/problem: > > Yesterday I wanted to compile protobuf-2.6.0 into static libraries to use > in my project so I read and followed the instructions in > \protobuf-2.6.0\vsprojects\readme.txt > I opened the protobuf.sln in Visual Studio 2013, it said it needed to run > the auto-convert so I clicked yes. > After that I tried to build the solution like instructed in the readme, > but it failed because of some simultaneous accesses to some file, looked up > what I need to do and added the /FS compiler option to every project. > Then I ran "Rebuild Solution" and it worked. > Now for the interesting part: "From a command shell, run tests.exe and > lite-test.exe and check that all tests pass." > So I went into the \Debug folder, shift-rightclick "Open Command prompt > here", entered tests.exe and pressed enter. > Everything went well except for two errors that I don't remeber and think > are not important because I'm never going to use the features the errors > were about anyways. > The problem about the whole thing is, after I was done compiling and got > back to my main project, I got a lot of errors regarding missing header > files. "boost.h" not found, "box2d.h" not found etc. > So I checked the folders and..... a lot of files were gone, but not all of > them. The *.lib files of boost for instance were still there, but header > files were deleted. > Was it a virus? Nope, virus check negative. Malware? Malware check > negative. No alerts or anything, except of course the prompt to allow > tests.exe to do it's thing. > Went into Comodo Internet Securitys Logfiles and found out that tests.exe > "modified" (deleted) a bunch of apparently completely random files! > Whaaaaat? Why? How? I don't get it... > Luckily windows was able to (almost) restore some of the folders back to > their previous state, BUT I don't even know how many or which ones are > affected. The only reference that I have is Comodos Logfile, which doesn't > seem to list all > files that got deleted. For instance it shows "C:\Program Files > (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe" was modified by tests.exe, but all other files > in that folder were gone EXCEPT Gw2.exe. > I have restored a lot of files that were logged, but am not sure if I > missed anything and I don't know if the restore option will be available > until the day I find out that more files were deleted. > I wanna know WHY this happened and if I can find out what else got deleted. > Sadly I am not experienced enough to decipher the protobuffer source files > and find out where the code is that deleted everything and how it decided > which files to delete. > Maybe I'm completely wrong about it being tests.exe but I cannot imagine > anything else and the files were gone right after I ran it so i guess it > has something to do with protobuf. > > Here is part of the Comodo Logfile as an image since I don't know any site > where I could upload an html file: http://oi58.tinypic.com/2469h8i.jpg > > This is the second time I'm writing this because for some reason the first > time I submitted my post nothing happened and I lost my original text and > had to rewrite everything. > I'm not familiar with google groups so if this is normal behaviour and it > takes a while for posts to appear I'm sorry for double posting. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
