[Gretl-devel] Re: Files not found by join (or readfile)
Am 18.07.2021 um 15:38 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Sat, 17 Jul 2021, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> 2. Create the trivial text file "C:\Users\account with
> blank\Documents\gretl\oha.txt", which contains just a single line of
> short but arbitrary text.
...
I can't replicate this problem on Windows 10 using the July 14
snapshot
(but snapshot date shouldn't matter since nothing has changed in this
OK, so the first puzzle is solved. Turns out that in the new user
account the default Windows settings about hiding file name extensions
were active again (I usually switch them off), so the created file
wasn't actually "out.txt" as it appeared, but "out.txt.txt"
instead.
Sorry for the distraction. I need to check with my original problem and
files (and machine) what was going on there when the hassle started.
I recommend examining the path string in question using printf and
wrapping in single quotes, to check that you haven't got any leading or
trailing spaces. Might also be worth checking for non-breaking space in
place of a proper space.
I guess it's moot now, but what's this thing with single quotes? I'm not
aware they have a syntactic role in gretl.
thanks
sven