EXPORT ASCII won't

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Schwartz" <mschw at athenet.net>

> As I recall, if you don't specify a full path, filePro puts exported
> files in $PFPROG/fpmerge (Hmmm... maybe that's $PFDATA/fpmerge) Anyway,
> search your server for any fpmerge subdirs. You will probably find
> your missing exported files in that fpmerge subdir.
> 
> Check and see if PFADDWP=OFF is set. If NOT, then your output file is
> probably named inventory.txt.WP
>
> You should find an output file somewhere. Search your entire file
> system using this: find / -name invent* -print | more

I believe that I did see it disabled in the config editor, but I'm
not sure, and I did not think to do my 'find' search with a trailing
asterisk; excellent point.

> The only reason I can think of why filePro (even the old 4.5) might not
> write this file is that filePro doesn't have permission to write to ALL of
> the subdirs involved. Check read-write permissions on ALL the subdirs.

By Unix rules, it should require only search permission on interim directories;
you're suggesting that's not enough?

Anyroad, I did specify /tmp/ once, and that was 777.
 
> You don't need that last "write exp" unless you are looping through> the
> code you are showing us to write multiple spreadsheet rows out of one
> filePro record.

I know.  I added it in after it didn't work the first time.

> Try specifying the full path name with: fn="/tmp/inventory.txt",
> followed by: export ascii exp=(fn)

You are about the third person to suggest that; is there a rationale
behind it?

Cheers,
-- jra
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