Re: I can't install it

[Alan Mead]

On 8/17/2020 2:04 AM, Domingo J Rubira López wrote:
> The problem now is with "add files command". You know it was my other
> trouble. I write in sintaxis the following sentence: add files
> /file="prot.sav" /file="dataset1.sav". I am sure the folder is on the
> desktop directly too. 

Glad PSPP is working.

We should file a bug about the path and also about the import.

When you specify filenames, I always use single quotes (not sure if it
matters):

add files /file='prot.sav'...

When you write "add files /file='prot.sav'..." it's expecting 'prot.sav'
to be in the current directory. When you launch PSPP, I think it
defaults to the directory with the binary (in C:\Program Files) as the
directory. So, PSPP is telling you the file doesn't exist, because it
doesn't in the directory where PSPP is looking.

There are at least two solutions. You could use the CD command to change
directories. I prefer this if anyone else will use your syntax (or you
will use it on two different computers), because then it's easy to
change once at the top of the syntax file, and everything is updated. In
syntax, before the add files, add something like:

cd 'C:\Users\amead\Desktop'.

In this example, my desktop would be the current directory.

Alternatively, add the full path to *each* filename:

add files /file='C:\Users\amead\Desktop\prot.sav'...

Adding the full path gets old for me, and if you ever need to change it,
it's a hassle.

-Alan

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