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 <am...@alanmead.org> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 10:38 PM To: Manos Markakis <sonam_ga...@hotmail.com>; pspp-users@gnu.org <pspp-users@gnu.org> 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Alan Mead <am...@alanmead.org><mailto:am...@alanmead.org> *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 9:07 PM *To:* Manos Markakis <sonam_ga...@hotmail.com><mailto:sonam_ga...@hotmail.com>; pspp-users@gnu.org<mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> <pspp-users@gnu.org><mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> *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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Alan Mead <am...@alanmead.org><mailto:am...@alanmead.org> <mailto:am...@alanmead.org><mailto:am...@alanmead.org> *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 8:32 PM *To:* Manos Markakis <sonam_ga...@hotmail.com><mailto:sonam_ga...@hotmail.com> <mailto:sonam_ga...@hotmail.com><mailto:sonam_ga...@hotmail.com>; pspp-users@gnu.org<mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> <mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org><mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> <pspp-users@gnu.org><mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> <mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org><mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org> *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. 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
