[GRASS-user] r.out.bin fails consistently on Windows 10

[Dr Jonathan Ball]

Thanks.  That seemed to work!  It was not a space issue though, because 
there is plenty of space free (over 100GB and my file is not THAT 
big!).  I can only imagine it is some sort of permissions thing but it 
is not obvious what/why.  It still fails when run from QGIS though (an 
empty file is created here with no error).


On 10/01/2017 14:31, Anna Petrášová wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:14 AM, Dr Jonathan Ball
> <jonathan.ball at mappagnosis.com> wrote:
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I am trying to use r.out.bin.  I initially tried it from within QGIS and
>> have moved to using a standalone version of GRASS 7.2 on Windows 10 (64
>> bit).  I have tested with a variety of rasters and I consistently get the
>> same error message:  "Unable to create file <output_filename>" whether I use
>> default settings or tweak the optional parameters.
> I tested 7.2 on Windows and it seems to work ok with default settings.
> Have you tried to export it to different place? Perhaps problem with
> space on device, just guessing...
>
> Anna
>
>> Since r.out.bin is apparently based on r.out.ascii, I experimented with that
>> utility and it works well for me with no errors.  I can do a 'round-trip'
>> (export to ascii and then re-import from the output file).  So, the problem
>> seems to be specific to r.out.bin.
>>
>> Before I log a bug report, can anybody confirm whether this utility actually
>> works in Windows or offer any pointers as to what I might be doing wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Jon
>>
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