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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve been having some problems running the mcformat
utility on my windows machine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have two directories that contain results from two runs of
the same simulation and I would like to merge the data. In the
directories are the data from various detectors, along with the list file from
a virtual_input. I run the following command line:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>C:\>mcformat --format=McStas --force --test --dir=C:\test
c:\temp\one c:\temp\two --merge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mcformat: Will process and merge/scan 14 data files in 2
directories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And seemingly the process will work, however, when I remove
the --test option, I find the following errors:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>C:\>mcformat --format=McStas --force --dir=C:\test
c:\temp\one c:\temp\two --merge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mkdir: EEXIST pathname C:\test already exists (not
necessarily as a directory).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mcformat: Warning: re-using output directory 'C:\test'.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mcformat: Will process and merge/scan 14 data files in 2
directories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mkdir: ERROR 22 using mkdir.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mcformat: Fatal error accessing C:\test\c:\temp\one.
Aborting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And the merging process will not complete. Even if I remove
the --dir and --force options, I get the same results. Upon further
inspection, it appears as though the error: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mcformat: Fatal error accessing C:\test\c:\temp\one <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>is directly related to the --dir option, or if this option
is unspecified the current directory, in that <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>mcformat: Fatal error accessing [CURRENT_DIR or option --dir]\c:\temp\one<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>as though the output directory is being concatenated with
the first input directory. Furthermore, I do notice that before the fatal
error, mcformat.exe does create the desired c:\test folder.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Aaron<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>*************************************************</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Aaron
M. Percival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>M.Sc.
Candidate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dept.
of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Queen's
University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Kingston,
Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Office:
613-533-6000 ext. 74789<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Fax:
613-533-6463<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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