I cant reproduce this. Are you sure it's a problem with matplotlib? It looks like its a problem with shutil and os.utime, not mpl. Are you sure you have write privileges for the file and the directory? Could another (k)ubuntu Dapper user please give this a try?
On Friday 09 June 2006 11:42, massimo sandal wrote: > Darren Dale ha scritto: > >> I noticed the following error when in my application I try to export the > >> plot in EPS format. The odd thing is that the export actually works and > >> produces a good eps file, but nevertheless... > >> > >> File "hooke.py", line 354, in ExportImage #that's my wxpython+MPL app > >> self.figure.savefig(filename) > >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line > >> 660, in savefig > >> self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) > >> File > >> "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py", > >> line 1123, in print_figure > >> else: shutil.move(tmpfile, outfile) > >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 193, in move > >> copy2(src,dst) > >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 93, in copy2 > >> copystat(src, dst) > >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 68, in copystat > >> os.utime(dst, (st.st_atime, st.st_mtime)) > >> OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 'figura001.eps' > > > > please submit a short script that reproduces the problem. > > I have just reproduced it by doing an histogram in an interactive > ipython --pylab session and then exporting as 'figure.eps'. > > Just: > a=[...] <--numbers to histogram > hist(a) > savefig('hist001.eps') > > gives: > > exceptions.OSError Traceback (most > recent call last) > > /users/Massimo/synuclein/<ipython console> > > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py in savefig(*args, > **kwargs) > 809 def savefig(*args, **kwargs): > 810 fig = gcf() > --> 811 return fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs) > 812 if Figure.savefig.__doc__ is not None: > 813 savefig.__doc__ = _shift_string(Figure.savefig.__doc__) > > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py in savefig(self, > *args, **kwargs) > 658 kwargs[key] = rcParams['savefig.%s'%key] > 659 > --> 660 self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) > 661 > 662 def colorbar(self, mappable, cax=None, **kw): > > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtkagg.py > in print_figure(self, filename, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, > **kwargs) > 110 try: > 111 agg.print_figure(filename, dpi, facecolor, > edgecolor, > --> 112 orientation, **kwargs) > 113 except IOError, msg: > 114 error_msg_gtk('Failed to save\nError message: > %s'%(msg,), self) > > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py in > print_figure(self, filename, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, > **kwargs) > 482 ps = self.switch_backends(FigureCanvasPS) > 483 ps.print_figure(filename, dpi, facecolor, > edgecolor, > --> 484 orientation, **kwargs) > 485 else: > 486 raise IOError('Do not know know to handle > extension *%s' % ext) > > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py in > print_figure(self, outfile, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, > papertype) > 1121 fh = file(tmpfile) > 1122 print >>outfile, fh.read() > -> 1123 else: shutil.move(tmpfile, outfile) > 1124 > 1125 def _print_figure_tex(self, outfile, dpi, facecolor, > edgecolor, orientation, > > /usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py in move(src, dst) > 191 rmtree(src) > 192 else: > --> 193 copy2(src,dst) > 194 os.unlink(src) > 195 > > /usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py in copy2(src, dst) > 91 dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src)) > 92 copyfile(src, dst) > ---> 93 copystat(src, dst) > 94 > 95 > > /usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py in copystat(src, dst) > 66 mode = stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode) > 67 if hasattr(os, 'utime'): > ---> 68 os.utime(dst, (st.st_atime, st.st_mtime)) > 69 if hasattr(os, 'chmod'): > 70 os.chmod(dst, mode) > > OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 'hist001.eps' > > MPL is 0.87.3 compiled from source on gnu/linux Kubuntu 6.06 > Thanks, > m. -- Darren S. Dale, Ph.D. Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source Cornell University 200L Wilson Lab Rt. 366 & Pine Tree Road Ithaca, NY 14853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: (607) 255-9894 fax: (607) 255-9001 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users