Re: pspp: error while writing to output stream error

[Alan Mead]

I'm glad you're up and running.

I wonder if Ben's fix for the character set will resolve this as well
because that seems like a pretty serious problem for Windows users
outside English-speaking countries. In fact, this is such a significant
issue that maybe it's come up before and I wasn't aware.

-Alan


On 11/24/2019 2:48 PM, Manos Markakis wrote:
> IT WORKS. thank you very much. i plugged my external SSD and it works 
> properly. I dont find that too annoying though. Thanks again
> ________________________________
> From: Alan Mead <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 10:38 PM
> To: Manos Markakis <address@hidden>; address@hidden <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: pspp: error while writing to output stream error
>
> Given the errors you had with Greek characters in your dataset, you could try 
> creating a directory using only ASCII and see if that works better.
>
> It might be easiest to do this on a USB drive (because renaming your user 
> directory seems infeasibly difficult). So you would plug in a USB drive and 
> make a folder like 'pspp' so maybe that would be "E:\pspp" and try to save 
> there.
>
> Even if that works, that's still pretty annoying and should be fixed if 
> possible.
>
> -Alan
>
> On 11/24/2019 1:56 PM, Alan Mead wrote:
>
> That's really annoying. I don't know what else to suggest because it
> works for me.
>
> -Alan
>
> On 11/24/2019 1:43 PM, Manos Markakis wrote:
>
>
> i use GNU pspp 1.2.0-g0fb4db on windows 10. i know that the file i
> want to put it in is writtable because i also put other things there
> and also tried to save it somewhere else.
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> *From:* Alan Mead <address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 9:07 PM
> *To:* Manos Markakis <address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>; 
> address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> <address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>
> *Subject:* Re: pspp: error while writing to output stream error
>
> 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
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> *From:* Alan Mead <address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden> 
> <mailto:address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 8:32 PM
> *To:* Manos Markakis <address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>; 
> address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
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> *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
>
>
>
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> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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
>

-- 

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