Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied

[KDSTanhope]

Hi there.

I am trying to write coordinates to file from within a script.

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file = open('coord_list.txt', 'w')
raises a permissions error.
I am using the latest version of Metashape. Any work arounds here?

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello KDSTanhope,

I suggest to use the absolute path to the existing folder with read/write access permission.

In the example the file will be likely written to the working directory, which may be write-protected.

[KDSTanhope]

I fixed the issue, thanks Alexey.

It was indeed trying to write to the Program Files directory and not the directory where the project was saved.
My solution is to prompt the user to select a path which will then be the default save path:

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path = Metashape.app.getExistingDirectory("Where to save coords")
and then from within my function:

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file = open(path+'\coord_list.txt', 'w')