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guilherme
guycanella@gmail.com

Sorry to answer your question just today! Well, I'm using the Firefly 8.0.0, but when I try to run Firefly in other folders it's doesn't work. Maybe it's related with the permissions of the folder but none of the folders that I tried to run Firefly had the permissions modified.


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>Hi,

>what is the Firefly version you are using?

>Firefly versions 7.1.G and below interpret relative paths as
>the paths relative to the folder where the Firefly binaries reside.

>Firefly version 8.0.0 and up interprets relative paths as relative
>to the Firefly's initial working directory.

>With Firefly versions 7.1.G and below you may encounter the problem
>you have described. The workaround is to use absolute paths.
>The better workaround is to upgrade to Firefly v. 8.0.0

>Kind regards,
>Alex Granovsky
>
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>On Fri Nov 22 '13 7:44pm, guilherme wrote
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>>Hi guys, thank you for the help! Finally I solved my problem!

>>After erase the "semaphores" I ran the firefly and got that error. Then I tried to move my input to the firefly's folder and the problem stopped. I just don't know why rs

>>But thank you Pedro and Alexander!
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>>>Yeah, everything is correct! I checked. I created another folder with a simple input e then I ran

>>>>firefly8 -i scan-opt.inp -o scan-opt.log

>>>and that error appear again.
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>>>>>You must be sure that the output file you want to create does not exist, and that you have invoked the correct input file. the proper syntax is

>>>>firefly -i input_filename -o output_filename

>>>>Check the tutorial/getting started pages for other command line options.

>>>>Pedro S.