0004824: DF doesn't notice if "export image/info" fails due to file system permissions etc

Notes
(0018495) UristMcDorf (reporter) 2011-08-12 21:53	Works OK for me (0.31.25). However I'm on Linux, not Windows, so could potentially be OS-related.

(0018506) caldfir (reporter) 2011-08-14 08:58	I'm using windows 7 and experiencing no problems. This issue DOES however occur if DF is installed in a system directory (like "program files") and not run in administrator mode, since the DF process is not authorized to create new files there. This is more of a bug with the fact that windows fails to inform you of the aborted file creation than it is a problem with DF itself.

(0018518) Footkerchief (manager) 2011-08-15 11:55	Reminder sent to: herufeanor Does caldfir's post at 0004824:0018506 clear things up?

(0018526) UristMcDorf (reporter) 2011-08-15 21:10 edited on: 2011-08-15 22:00	Actually, I can recreate the problem on Linux by simply removing write permissions on the game directory; after doing so, the game itself fails to report the failure to write the worldgen info (or savegames, etc) The difference with Linux is that at least if you run the game from a terminal window, the failure gets reported there. I'm guessing on Windows, if you ran DF from a cmd.exe window, you might get the same; but I'd imagine very, very few Windows players run the game that way. I'd also point out that this means it's not a "Windows problem". While I'm sure the proportion of Linux users who are command-line-disabled is much smaller, I'm also sure they exist, and are growing.

(0018527) herufeanor (reporter) 2011-08-15 22:20	Yes, that was the problem. I also agree with UristMcDorf: It's not the OS' job to report the failure to the user. The OS should report the failure to the application, and leave it up to the application to report the failure to the user in the appropriate way. Even if you have a console open, the user shouldn't be expected to dig through the console output to figure out why the button they're pressing isn't doing anything.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-08-12 20:50	herufeanor	New Issue
2011-08-12 21:53	UristMcDorf	Note Added: 0018495
2011-08-13 15:02	herufeanor	Note Added: 0018503
2011-08-13 17:53	herufeanor	Note Deleted: 0018503
2011-08-14 08:58	caldfir	Note Added: 0018506
2011-08-15 11:55	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0018518
2011-08-15 11:55	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-08-15 21:10	UristMcDorf	Note Added: 0018526
2011-08-15 21:10	UristMcDorf	Issue Monitored: UristMcDorf
2011-08-15 22:00	UristMcDorf	Note Edited: 0018526	View Revisions
2011-08-15 22:20	herufeanor	Note Added: 0018527
2011-08-16 08:02	Footkerchief	Summary	Export image/info doesn't do anything => DF doesn't notice if "export image/info" fails due to file system permissions etc
2014-01-20 19:03	Footkerchief	Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2014-01-20 19:39	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0005773
2014-01-21 19:56	Footkerchief	Relationship deleted	has duplicate 0005773
2014-01-21 19:56	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0002587