bean-bake export from linux to mac or windows

[richard gott]

Hello

 

I am the treasurer of a small charity.  I have recently switched from ledger.  One of the main reasons was to make use of bean-bake to share full accounts adn reports with the other trustees.

 

When I run bean-bake I get the folder as predictied whcih works fine - linux (arch adn ubuntu - both ok - ext4).

 

BUT:

• try to copy to USB, fails with 'cannot copy files'
• zip and send to mac, unzip OR
• upload to google drive adn download to mac
  • index opens fine, structure is intact
  • top level accounts open ok
  • anything below that is empty

It behaves as if the apple file system can't cope with the folder depth of the lower level files in the bean-bake folder.  But I am not a computer expert adn that may be complete rubbish.

 

I would be most grateful for any help that can be offered

 

Thanks

 

Richard

[Martin Blais]

I have no idea. 

This looks like the problem is downstream from Beancount (you mentioned that your baked folder works fine on Ubuntu).

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[Zhuoyun Wei]

I've never used bean-bake before. I just tried it.

Some of the output filenames contain colons, for example "Assets:Cash.html".

Some filesystem and/or OS cannot handle colons in paths. Linux allows colons in paths, while Windows does not.

For example, if you mount an NTFS filesystem in Linux, and create a file called "foo:bar.txt" in it before mounting this NTFS filesystem in Windows, you cannot open / rename / move /delete the file in Windows. In this case, NTFS allows colons, but Windows does not support it.

I don't use macOS, but I guess it's something similar. A quick Google search reveals that the HFS filesystem used by previous versions of macOS does not allow colons in filenames.

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On Tue, May 7, 2019, at 10:28, richard gott wrote:
> Hello
> I am the treasurer of a small charity. I have recently switched from
> ledger. One of the main reasons was to make use of bean-bake to share
> full accounts adn reports with the other trustees.
> When I run bean-bake I get the folder as predictied whcih works fine -
> linux (arch adn ubuntu - both ok - ext4).
> BUT:

> * try to copy to USB, fails with 'cannot copy files'
> * zip and send to mac, unzip OR
> * upload to google drive adn download to mac * index opens fine,
> structure is intact
> * top level accounts open ok
> * anything below that is empty

> It behaves as if the apple file system can't cope with the folder depth
> of the lower level files in the bean-bake folder. But I am not a
> computer expert adn that may be complete rubbish.
> I would be most grateful for any help that can be offered
> Thanks
> Richard
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[richard gott]

Many thanks for this. I presume that means I can't do it.
Richard

Prof R Gott


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[Zhuoyun Wei]

I heard that recent versions of macOS use a newer filesystem named APFS. Perhaps you could try to open the file in a newer macOS?

Again, I am not a macOS user so I cannot try that out... Good luck!

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[Martin Blais]

bergamot:~$ bean-bake --help

...

  --no-colons           Don't render colons in filenames (for Windows).

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[richard gott]

Our mac is a geriatric!

Prof R Gott


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[richard gott]

The man's a star. I shall try that asap.
Thank you
Richard

Prof R Gott


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