Check the directories permissions, this is was what happened to me (only root permissions in the file definitions files).
Best regardas. > > Dear Babel User, > Recently i installed babel through yast (SuSe 11.3), > however i got similar problem like the one posted in this thread before. > > When i give "sudo babel -H" it prints all the file formats > > ".... > The following file formats are recognized: > acr -- ACR format [Read-only] > .......... > .......... > zin -- ZINDO input format [Write-only] > See further specific info and options using -H<format-type>, e.g. -Hcml" > > However "babel -H" (non-root user mode) i don't get file formats, > and > hence could'nt able to convert files. Then i tried to login as root and > execute the command "babel -H" i get similar output without all file > formats. > > Only "sudo babel -H" results in proper verbose, although "sudo babel > -ixxx input.xx -oyyy output.yyy > does work, and creates a empty file output.yyy > > Thanks > Andri > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://open-babel.957263.n4.nabble.com/Strange-problem-with-non-root-users-tp1679525p2548280.html > Sent from the openbabel-discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > OpenBabel-discuss mailing list > OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss