Re: save translate error

[F. Thomas]

On 16/01/2015 09:17, John Darrington wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:17:32AM -0600, Alan Mead wrote:
>       
>       I guess not.  The code below that saves "test data.csv" produces the
>       error shown when I try to use "My Documents" but it works fine when I
>       use "Documents":
>       
>       save translate
>       /outfile ="C:\Users\amead\My Documents\test data.csv"
>       /type = csv
>       /fieldnames
>       /cells = values
>       /keep v3 v1 to v2.
>       
>       error: Replacing C:\Users\amead\My Documents\test data.csv.tmpA8dGMU by C:
>       \Users\amead\My Documents\test data.csv: No such file or directory.
>       
>       save translate
>       /outfile ="C:\Users\amead\Documents\test data.csv"
>       /type = csv
>       /fieldnames
>       /cells = values
>       /keep v3 v1 to v2.
>       
>       (no error, file is created)
>       
>
> This is a perfect illustration of problems which crop up with windows.
> The problem is that "My Documents" is a so call "Special Folder"
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_folder
>
> That means, they it cannot be accessed in the normal way that other directories
> can.  You will have to choose another directory (or another operating system).
The surprising fact is that I can load sav and save formatted data with 
this address including the blanks. I never had any difficulties.  But 
save translate seems to fault.
I controlled the address in  sending a link to the desktop to see how 
the OS declares the address.
C:\Users\Toshiba\Documents\data\EVS-WVS\(file name)
The error message does not distinguish between folder name and file 
name. Could it be that it can't recognise the file extension ?