Circuitscape cannot find files with 'compute()' but runs fine if used with 'start()'

[MountainCedar]

I'm having an issue where Circuitscape can work fine if run immediately after if I use start() to generate an .ini file and then run, but gives an error if I try to compute() that exact same .ini file generated from the start() process (i.e. if at step 10 I select to "run later", then try to compute that .ini file). I'm running Julia 1.9.3 in a Windows environment, and have encountered this with both the stable and development version of Circuitscape. The error it gives is:

julia> compute("C:\Users\Human\Desktop\Restoration_Project_2023\Analysis\output.ini") [ Info: 2023-10-11 11:53:13 : Precision used: Double [ Info: 2023-10-11 11:53:15 : Reading maps ERROR: the file "(Browse for a resistance file)" does not exist Stacktrace: [1] error(s::String) @ Base .\error.jl:35 [2] read_raster @ C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\io.jl:503 [inlined] [3] _grid_reader(T::Type, file::String) @ Circuitscape C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\io.jl:114 [4] read_cellmap(habitat_file::String, is_res::Bool, #unused#::Type{Float64}) @ Circuitscape C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\io.jl:91 [5] load_raster_data(T::Type, V::Type, cfg::Dict{String, String}) @ Circuitscape C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\io.jl:442 [6] raster_one_to_all(T::Type, V::Type, cfg::Dict{String, String}) @ Circuitscape C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\raster\onetoall.jl:4 [7] _compute(T::Type, V::Type, cfg::Dict{String, String}) @ Circuitscape C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\run.jl:49 [8] macro expansion @ .\timing.jl:393 [inlined] [9] compute(path::String) @ Circuitscape C:\Users\Human.julia\packages\Circuitscape\qlA9V\src\run.jl:31 [10] top-level scope @ REPL[10]:1

At first I thought this might be related to a file pathing issue on Windows, but have tried '\\', '/', and '\' syntaxt well as selecting the path using file picker manually - and all work to run the job if it is run at step 10 of start() - but otherwise throw an error if that same .ini file generated though start() is used with compute()

[MountainCedar]

Here's the unmodified file that start() produces and which fails to run with compute() (I just changed the extension to .txt so it could be uploaded here) output.txt

[j3ss42]

Hi, I am having the same issue - how did you fix this? Thanks

[MountainCedar]

I never really solved the exact issue, but taking the .ini file below and modifying it for my needs worked - I managed to get Circuitscape to run this way: https://github.com/Circuitscape/Circuitscape.jl/blob/master/test/input/raster/pairwise/1/sgVerify1.ini

I suspect there is some issue in how Circuitscape formats the .ini that start() produces that causes compute() to fail with it - perhaps a holdover from a previous version that is no longer valid?

[j3ss42]

Hi, this has worked for me as well, thanks!