and ... drum roll ... the answer was to remove all double quotes from sqlite query preparation statements in the calling script, escaping included single quotes.
I don't understand it, but it fixed it. Colin On 3/28/2014 15:55, Stefano Miccoli wrote: > Try running > > owserver --debug > > and watch for error messages. > > S. > > On 28 Mar 2014, at 23:33, Colin Reese <colin.re...@gmail.com > <mailto:colin.re...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> I've no idea where to even start on this. >> >> >> On 3/28/2014 14:49, Stefano Miccoli wrote: >>> This error is entirely on the owserver side... owpython and the friends >>> seem not to be responsible. >>> >>>> pyownet.protocol.OwnetError >>> >>> exceptions are raised when the remote owserver answers with an error >>> code, in this case -5, that according to >>> >>> owserver --help=error >>> >>> is >>> >>> 5. legacy - IO error >>> >>> you shoud inspect the owserver code to find out. >>> >>> Stefano >>> >>> On 28 Mar 2014, at 22:23, Colin Reese <colin.re...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:colin.re...@gmail.com> >>> <mailto:colin.re...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>>> And I've now successfully duplicated the error in pyownet: >>>> >>>> File "/usr/lib/iicontrollibs/cupid/owfslib.py", line 27, in owbuslist >>>> for dir in OwnetProxy(host).dir(): >>>> File "/usr/lib/iicontrollibs/resource/pyownet/protocol.py", line 408, >>>> in dir >>>> raise OwnetError(-ret, self.errmess[-ret], path) >>>> resource.pyownet.protocol.OwnetError: [Errno 5] legacy - IO error: '/' >>>> >>>> What on earth is nuking the directory? >>>> >>>> Colin >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Owfs-developers mailing list >>> Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >>> <mailto:Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Owfs-developers mailing list >> Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers