#!/bin/perl
$width=1024;
$height=768;

$slice=192;

$k=$height/$slice; # Must be an integer, no check done

for ($i = 0 ; $i < $k; $i++ ) {
 $start = $i * $slice+1;
 $end =  ($i +1 ) * $slice;
 $text = sprintf ("/Users/myuser/desktop/test/linux.pov +Linclude/ +FP
+H$height +W$width -D +SR%d +ER%d +0linux_%0.4d.ppm",$start,$end,$i) ;
 print `echo "$text" > $i.ini`;
}


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This little script should split a povray file into a bunch of little pieces
(ppm's), but I'm having problems with this line right here:

("/Users/myuser/desktop/test/linux.pov +Linclude/ +FP +H$height +W$width -D
+SR%d +ER%d +0linux_%0.4d.ppm",$start,$end,$i) ;

It first converts my pov file into a series of 4 ini files. Each of these
ini files will create a ppm file from a certain point in the image to
another point. I recieve this error on trying to render:

Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Reading from
'/Users/Optio/Desktop/testi
ng/linux.pov' is not permitted.  Check the configuration in
'/Users/optio/.povra
y/3.6/povray.conf'.

Any ideas???

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Stuart wrote:
> Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Reading from
> '/Users/Optio/Desktop/testi
> ng/linux.pov' is not permitted.  Check the configuration in
> '/Users/optio/.povra
> y/3.6/povray.conf'.
> 
> Any ideas???
Reading not permitted ? Looks like you run it on a unix/linux system. 
Have you checked read permissions of files ? Same result after a chmod 777 ?

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regdo wrote:
> Stuart wrote:
> 
>> Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Reading from
>> '/Users/Optio/Desktop/testi
>> ng/linux.pov' is not permitted.  Check the configuration in
>> '/Users/optio/.povra
>> y/3.6/povray.conf'.
>>
>> Any ideas???
> 
> Reading not permitted ? Looks like you run it on a unix/linux system. 
> Have you checked read permissions of files ?

Please don't try to answer if you don't know the answer.

He should do exactly what he is told to do, namely check his povray.conf.

Christoph

-- 
POV-Ray tutorials, include files, Sim-POV,
HCR-Edit and more: http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/
Last updated 23 Sep. 2004 _____./\/^>_*_<^\/\.______

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> regdo wrote:
> > Stuart wrote:
> >
> >> Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Reading from
> >> '/Users/Optio/Desktop/testi
> >> ng/linux.pov' is not permitted.  Check the configuration in
> >> '/Users/optio/.povra
> >> y/3.6/povray.conf'.
> >>
> >> Any ideas???
> >
> > Reading not permitted ? Looks like you run it on a unix/linux system.
> > Have you checked read permissions of files ?
>
> Please don't try to answer if you don't know the answer.
>
> He should do exactly what he is told to do, namely check his povray.conf.
>
> Christoph
>
> --
> POV-Ray tutorials, include files, Sim-POV,
> HCR-Edit and more: http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/
> Last updated 23 Sep. 2004 _____.//^>_*_<^/.______


Well I don't even know what I would be looking for in my povray .conf as I
can "povray linux.pov" and it runs just fine so this must be a problem with
the .ini files

Once the script runs the output to the first of my ini files is as follows:
+I/Users/Optio/Desktop/testing/linux.pov +Linclude/ +FP +H768 +W1024 -D +SR1
+ER192 +Olinux_0000.ppm

Now I have tried chmod 777 on my linux.pov and I now get a different error
message:

Possible Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Could not find file
 'Users/Optio/Desktop/testing/linux.pov'
Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Cannot open input file.

So now I'm assuming that there is something wrong with the format of my ini
file.

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"Stuart" <stu### [at] obelixca> wrote:
> Any ideas???

Please read <http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/794/>

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