Public bug reported:
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)
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777285
Title:
Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document
completion
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1777285/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
