Warning on renaming null and cell file: already exists

[nikosalexandris]

Warning on renaming null and cell file: already exists

[NikosAlexandris]

Even by using the --o (=overwrite) instruction?

[SFrav]

Yes. This is on Windows, so maybe the different command lines at play.

[NikosAlexandris]

Maybe a "typical" path naming problem? The path D:\Documents\grassdata/newLocation/.tmp/unknown/2544.1 has two backslashes (which is normal for Windows, as far as I can remember) and then slashes. Is this correct?

[SFrav]

That's right.

[SFrav]

There could be more backslashes depending on where the working directory is located.

[pmav99]

Wouldn't normpath help?

[NikosAlexandris]

Yes, this looks nice! We need a Windows user. And an edit of the respective line in the script. Thanks!

[SFrav]

Happy to test. Just let me know what line needs to be added to which file.

[pmav99]

@NikosAlexandris
I guess it is safe enough to add a normpath call even without explicitly testing it ;)

@SFrav
It would be better to wait for Nikos' comment but I think that it is needed whenever grass.tempfile() is called. BTW, since you are on windows, could you run on the grass console the following command:

g.tempfile -d pid=61322

If this command returns a name with mixed slashes then we will know where the original bug is.

[NikosAlexandris]

@pmav99 Let us, please, stick to the testing practice. It's a learning process as well and a good habit. If it works, let's pull it in 👍