Re: [Matplotlib-users] OSError on check of _is_writable_dir(p)

2007-04-30 Thread Eric Firing
Darren Dale wrote: > On Monday 30 April 2007 02:31:59 pm Eric Firing wrote: >> One way this could happen is if the .matplotlib directory exists but is >> not writable; such a case would give the error traceback you see with >> little clue as to what and where the problem really is. So, __init__.py

Re: [Matplotlib-users] OSError on check of _is_writable_dir(p)

2007-04-30 Thread Evert Rol
Hi Eric, Thanks for your response. > One way this could happen is if the .matplotlib directory exists > but is not writable; such a case would give the error traceback you > see with little clue as to what and where the problem really is. > So, __init__.py certainly could be improved.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] OSError on check of _is_writable_dir(p)

2007-04-30 Thread Darren Dale
On Monday 30 April 2007 02:31:59 pm Eric Firing wrote: > One way this could happen is if the .matplotlib directory exists but is > not writable; such a case would give the error traceback you see with > little clue as to what and where the problem really is. So, __init__.py > certainly could be im

Re: [Matplotlib-users] OSError on check of _is_writable_dir(p)

2007-04-30 Thread Eric Firing
One way this could happen is if the .matplotlib directory exists but is not writable; such a case would give the error traceback you see with little clue as to what and where the problem really is. So, __init__.py certainly could be improved. (Offhand, I don't even know why the existence of s

[Matplotlib-users] OSError on check of _is_writable_dir(p)

2007-04-30 Thread Evert Rol
Hi all, I recently run into a problem with the .matplotlib directory. I run a script as a daemon, that in its turn runs several scripts to create graphs (often the same script with different input parameters), dependent on an outside trigger. Recently, I found that these script crashed