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 <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 > -- 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
