export ascii - default file target

[Jose Lerebours]

Laura,

Nope, it made no different ...


Thanks,



On 4/11/24 18:09, laura.k.brody wrote:
> Jose,
>
>   I am not near a computer at the moment, but I believe that your 
> problem is with the backslash characters. Try forward slashes.
>
> Laura Brody
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list <filepro-list at aws-01.celestial.com>
> Date: 4/11/24 5:47 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: filepro-list at aws-01.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: export ascii - default file target
>
> Mike,
>
> I have no idea if the fpmerge sub-directory ever existed (new client), I
> just created it to make sure that, if needed, filePro does not fail.
>
> Curious enough, if it were to fail because the sub-directory did not
> exist, why did the process run without error? (I put @ at the beginning
> of the menu command to force a pause)
>
> I did do what you suggest and still nothing is created, when I step it
> through debug, I see the export being executed, fields populated and
> "write" command is reached ...
>
>
> fn="c:\appl\fpmerge\jose.csv"
> export ascii exp = (fn) -x
>
>
> Besides, this process has been working just fine for years, it just
> decided to stop.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
> On 4/11/24 17:36, Mike Schwartz via Filepro-list wrote:
> >      I always put an explicit full path in my export processing 
> tables.  For Unix systems, something like:
> >
> >   >    If: fa eq ""
> >>     Then: fa="/tmp/export_csv_"{p{".csv"
> >>    8  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - -   -   - -
> >> -   -
> >>     If:
> >>     Then: export WORD DUMP = (fa)
> >      Is the path being overwritten by something like this in the 
> processing tables?
> >
> >      You might want to re-write your export commands like this, so 
> that you're not so dependent on having the fpmerge subdirectory on 
> your system.  On the other hand, I don't know how the fpmerge subdir 
> would have disappeared, unless somebody deliberately removed it.
> >
> > Mike Schwartz
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Filepro-list 
> <filepro-list-bounces+mschw=athenet.net at aws-01.celestial.com> On 
> Behalf Of Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list
> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 2:19 PM
> > To: filepro <filepro-list at aws-01.celestial.com>
> > Subject: export ascii - default file target
> >
> > Howdy!
> >
> >
> > RE: filePro  6.1.00.03D6 running on WIN 2022 Standard
> >
> >
> > A processing which dumps data to CSV using export ascii decided to 
> stop working.
> >
> > Per documentation, if target file is not an absolute path, the 
> target file is then created in %PFPROG%/fpmerge, in my case, this 
> would be c:\appl\fpmerge.
> >
> > Couple of observations, fpmerge does not exist - What happens then? 
> Where does the file go?
> >
> >
> > Is there an fp variable that would override this?
> >
> >
> > Just for kicks, I changed the export to target 
> c:\appl\fpmerge\jose.csv (after creating fpmerge of course), ran the 
> process and nothing ... file is not created and yet, the export 
> command is executed, data is assigned to columns and the write command 
> is reached.
> >
> >
> > Where did the export output go?
> >
> > I searched C:\ for jose.csv and nothing came back, which to me would 
> mean that the file was never created.  What gives!?!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jose
> >
> >
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