nomail@nomail wrote:

> I tried to run benchmark again just to check the out put file. (benchmark
> ..ini was already set up so that it does not generate the output into a
> file. But I somehow I wanted to get this image rather than just viewing
> from the site.
> 
> Ok...I changed the one of the option in benchmark.ini file. (changed Off
> to On for out put to file)
> 
> Then I typed the following command in the terminal.
> 
>             povray benchmark.ini benchmark.pov +L......
> 
> 
> I though it would work but.....After sorting photons the terminal says
> File Init Error: Cannot open output file".

Depending on the configuration of your filesystem I guess this error occurs
because Povray doesn't have the rights to write the file. Try to use a
complete filename you are allowed to write. (Like povray +O~/benchmark.png
if you are using Unix.)

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