[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #64366] [Octave Packages] (io) : xlswrite doesn't error when asked to save to unwritable location but saves to current folder

[Philip Nienhuis]

Update of bug #64366 (project octave):

              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning => Incorrect Result     
 
                  Status:             In Progress => Confirmed              
                 Release: 8.2.0 8.X Series Bug Fix Release  => other          
       
        Operating System:                     Any => Microsoft Windows      
                 Summary: [Octave Packages] (io) :  xlswrite errors in certain
cases => [Octave Packages] (io) :  xlswrite doesn't error when asked to save
to unwritable location but saves to current folder

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Follow-up Comment #15:

Right, I can reproduce the OP's exact steps but only using the COM interface
(= ActiveX & Excel behind the scenes). It may be an upstream bug in MS-Office
itself then.

At the OP: what spreadsheet I/O interface did you use?
If you don't know, please repeat with this command:
xlswrite('c:\test1.xlsx', a, '', '', 1)
and copy output verbatim here.

As noted in other comments, saving a spreadsheet file to the root of the
system drive shouldn't be possible at all. The bug is that Octave emits no
error but happily writes to the current directory instead.
I'll have a deeper look.

At the OP: what spreadsheet I/O interface did you use?
If you don't know, please repeat with this command:
xlswrite('c:\test1.xlsx', a, '', '', 1)
and copy output verbatim here.

Status -> confirmed
Item group: incorrect result
Release: other (because OF package, not core Octave)
Operating system: Windows (as Dmitri showed in comment #7 that in Linux the
behavior is in principle OK)


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