Yes, I have tried this with the latest download. This is an off-the- shelf Xubuntu 18.04.latest LTS desktop that I use primarily for Libreoffice, browsing, and Python development. I tend to stay with Ubuntu's packages including Libreoffice.
Please see comment #9. The current source code has special #ifdef LINUX logic to fork the transaction into background and then immediately exit to the command line. It does not wait for the ODT file to be ready for use. Hence, any Linux/Unix bash command that references the ODT file will definitely fail with file not found. Workaround: sleep for 2/3 seconds before trying to access the ODT file. For Mac and Windows, the transaction takes place in foreground so that when soffice.bin exits to the O/S, the ODT file is guaranteed to be available for use. This is the desirable effect for all O/Ses. Why is there more concern with "blocking" in the Unix/Linux environments as opposed to Mac (Unix bash environment) and Windows? IMO, this is a bug for the Linux environment. There is no reason for special #ifdef LINUX logic. Has anyone else tried the above script yourself using a Linux desktop with the current or recent Libreoffice? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777285 Title: Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion Status in LibreOffice: New Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Command-line: libreoffice --convert-to odt:writer8 myfile.txt The returned status code ($?) is zero. So far, so good. But, when I try to access the ODT file (E.g. copy it), it doesn't yet exist. Adding `sync; sync; sync` right after the libreoffice batch execution did not help. Adding --headless as an option did not help. If I sleep for a few seconds immediately after the libreoffice batch execution, then the file finally gets completed before a subsequent command references the ODT file. Sample script: ### Create somehow a file called myfile.txt rm myfile.odt somewhere-else.odt libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt:writer8 myfile.txt RC=$? if [ $RC -ne 0 ]; then echo '*** libreoffice conversion failed for myfile.txt' exit 86 fi #sleep 3 ls *.odt Result: ls: cannot access '*.odt': No such file or directory If one changes the above script so that the sleep is executed, then the ODT file is available. Observation: It appears that executing libreoffice in batch mode is somehow kicking off a separate process to finish the ODT file. The exit to the shell and the availability of the ODT file should be synchronized. Before 18.04, I never saw this behavior. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libreoffice 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Jun 16 17:07:02 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-13 (246 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-18 (29 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1777285/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
