Re: pspp: error while writing to output stream error

[Alan Mead]

I also tried saving to a directory with embedded spaces (which has been
an issue in the past) and that did *not* trigger this error.

But I *was* able to trigger this error when I tried to replace an
existing PDF file that was open in my PDF reader software. I exported to
test.pdf, then opened test.pdf, then (which it was open) tried to export
to that name in that folder again. I got the same error.

-Alan


On 11/24/2019 1:07 PM, Alan Mead wrote:
> Manos,
>
> When you select Help > About, what version does it say? Because I cannot
> replicate your error.
>
> When I use GNU pspp 1.2.0-g0fb4db on Windows 7, I run scatterplot.
> Select export, select PDF, choose a filename ("filename"), navigate to
> "C:\Users\Amead\Google Drive\Active" (because my filesystem is
> different) and click save, it saves. There's no error.
>
> I do get an error if I skip navigating to a writable directory. The
> default is "C:\Windows\system32" which is not writable and I get:
>
> error: error opening output file `C:\Windows\system32\filename.pdf':
> error while writing to output stream
>
> So, I'm unable to replicate your problem, except when I pick an
> unwriteable folder. Are you sure you have permission to write to
> "C:\Users\Myname\Onedrive\MyPC\the name of the folder i want\"? And that
> "data.pdf" is not write protected?
>
> For example, using some sync software on Windows, I occasionally get
> errors if I write a file and then try to access it immediately, because
> the sync software has the file open to sync to the cloud.
>
> But the bottom line is that I don't know why you cannot write that file.
> I cannot rule out a bug in PSPP, but googling that error (the one I got,
> which I'm assuming is the one you are getting) suggests that many
> different users using many different kinds of software encounter this
> kind of error.
>
> -Alan
>
>
> On 11/24/2019 12:40 PM, Manos Markakis wrote:
>> ok so i press export after i finished. i name the file choose the
>> folder i want it to be put and then i choose the format that i want it
>> to be read, so i choose pdf. i press save and the error says: error
>> opening output file C:\Users\Myname\Onedrive\MyPC\the name of the
>> folder i want\data.pdf: error while writing to output stream
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Alan Mead <address@hidden>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 8:32 PM
>> *To:* Manos Markakis <address@hidden>; address@hidden
>> <address@hidden>
>> *Subject:* Re: pspp: error while writing to output stream error
>>  
>> Manos,
>>
>> As a guess, you are trying to write to a directory for which you do do
>> have write permission.
>>
>> To help you further, we need you to fully describe your problem, with
>> step-by-step instructions for replicating the problem. We also need
>> the exact error message, including the directory names.
>>
>> -Alan
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/2019 9:40 AM, Manos Markakis wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a problem. When Im done making the graphs I want, I try to save them 
>>> but they won't save and this error comes up: error opening output file 
>>> C/....error while writing to output stream. I don't know what to do. I 
>>> tried to save them via the print option but still they won't open.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>> -- 
>>
>> Alan D. Mead, Ph.D.
>> President, Talent Algorithms Inc.
>>
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>>
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>>
>> -- Robert A. Heinlein

-- 

Alan D. Mead, Ph.D.
President, Talent Algorithms Inc.

science + technology = better workers

http://www.alanmead.org

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building,
write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone,
comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate,
act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch
manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for 
insects."

-- Robert A. Heinlein