Layout won't save

[zain01]

Hi can anyone tell me why Layout has started to show an error message saying i cant save a document with punctuation marks in the name? I have taken the punctuation marks out and it still wont save so basically i cant save anything. Thanks in advance.

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[driven]

You can't normally use : in a filename on a mac, it's a path posix separator...

Did you import the set of folders from a PC?

I really can't make a folder named "Test:Folder" for example, but you have the one named SPYKER_2:06, which is possibly the cause for your issue...

john

[slbaumgartner]

This appears to be a Layout-specific catch. From the command line, I can create a folder with a : in the name (though Finder displays it as a / afterward). Layout refuses to save a file to that folder. However, SketchUp quite happily saves to the folder. So it is in the Layout code, not a generic issue!

[driven]

@steve, I can't even make them in 'Finder', so it's not Layout specific for me...

if I attempt to use : from a 'Save' dialog in SU, it shows a dash, not a colon I'm trying to enter...

and as you found mkdir converts it to a slash...

[slbaumgartner]

John, your experience seems to differ from mine...I wonder why? Having a ":" in a folder name is a very bad idea, bound to cause problems, so I am interested mainly from a technical point of view.

Using the terminal command line, I can mkdir a folder with a ":" in its name. The "ls" command shows it with a ":". So Mac OS itself can deal with a ":". But Finder displays it as a "/" even though ":" is not a path separator (foo:bar is a single folder, not two nested ones as foo/bar), and when I save a SU file to that folder, the save dialog also shows "/" (and SU successfully saves the file). The save dialog in Layout also shows it as "/", but when I try to save there, I get that popup with the message that I can't save to a folder with punctuation in its name. So, I conclude that this is due to how the various apps were programmed, not a fundamental aspect of Mac OS X.

[driven]

just dug this up...

@unknownuser said:

The only illegal character for file and folder names in Mac OS X is the colon ":"

File and folder names are not permitted to begin with a dot "."

File and folder names may be up to 255 characters in length

how apps handle it obviously differs, for me SU changes it to a dash, LO rejects it with a message, Terminal changes it to an escaped colon, as seen if you drag the folder in i.e. /private/tmp/new:tmp...

Bottomline for the OP is in the quote The only illegal character for file and folder names in Mac OS X is the colon ":"

john

[zain01]

Thanks all for the info
I have been saving files in Layout with names like for example
22.06.15_MBU_01
for the past 2 years with no issues
All of a sudden it wouldn't save it to the target folder so i saved it to the desktop and then moved it afterwards.
And now i am having to re link the SU file every time i open the relevant Layout file.
Can anyone tell me why i am having this re linking problem?
The amount of time i am wasting navigating to the file to re link is ingratiating.
Also dangerous if subtle changes in the model are not reflected in Layout as the joinery i am drafting is constantly changing.
Regards

[Dave R]

So evidently you didn't get this from the last post by John?

@unknownuser said:

Bottomline for the OP is in the quote The only illegal character for file and folder names in Mac OS X is the colon ":"

[driven]

to clarify what I was pointing out...
any filename includes the path, and yours contains ../SPYKER_2:06/.., with the 2 and the 0 separated by a colon...

then Steve and I chat about how some apps cope with what is considered by Apple the only 'illegal' character.

Change the colon and all should work...
john