bugPSPP - Bugs: bug #35030, Confusing default output filename

 
 

bug #35030: Confusing default output filename

Submitter:  John Darrington <jmd>
Submitted:  Sun 11 Dec 2011 12:46:15 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Output Driver Severity:  3 - Ordinary
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  None
Effort:  0.00
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Sat 24 Nov 2012 08:06:51 PM UTC, comment #1: 


> I was rather surprised, and at first confused to find that when I run pspp using the following:
> pspp -O format=pdf example.sps
> the output file is simply called "-"


I agree that this is confusing and undesirable.  I pushed a fix as commit 7b51bc9abbb6e "output: Make default output file name depend on the format.".

Ben Pfaff <blp>
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Sun 11 Dec 2011 12:46:15 PM UTC, original submission:  

I was rather surprised, and at first confused to find that when I run pspp using the following:

  pspp -O format=pdf  example.sps

the output file is simply called "-"


John Darrington <jmd>
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