Pov-ray ignores [Permitted Output Paths]

[sbandx]

Summary

I can't seem to get Pov-Ray 3.7 to output to a custom output folder when rendering after specifying c:\render as my output file directory

Environment

Windows 10 - standard installation

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• Operating system: Windows 10
• Hardware platform: x86-64, ARM -->

Steps to Reproduce

1. set [Permitted Output Paths] 1=%PROFILEDIR%\Insert Menu 2=c:\render

2. render image from pov file

Expected Behavior

It should have produced a png file in c:\render

Actual Behavior

3. This only renders to the folder where the .pov file is

Render Settings

pvengine.ini: [Permitted Output Paths] 1=%PROFILEDIR%\Insert Menu 2=c:\render

Output

Preset INI file is 'C:\Users\Prnx\Documents\POV-Ray\ini\quickres.ini', section is '[512x384, No AA]'. Preset source file is 'C:\Users\Prnx\Documents\POV-Ray\MyScenes\ring-sphere.pov'. Rendering with 4 threads. Parser Options Input file: C:\Users\Prnx\Documents\POV-Ray\MyScenes\ring-sphere.pov Remove bounds........On Split unions.........Off Library paths: C:\Users\Prnx\Documents\POV-Ray\include C:\windows\Fonts Clock value: 0.000 (Animation off) Image Output Options Image resolution.....512 by 384 (rows 1 to 384, columns 1 to 512). Output file..........C:\Users\Prnx\Documents\POV-Ray\MyScenes\ring-sphere.png, 32 bpp with alpha PNG Dithering............Off Graphic display......On (gamma: sRGB) Mosaic preview.......Off Continued trace......Off Information Output Options All Streams to console..........On Debug Stream to console.........On Fatal Stream to console.........On Render Stream to console........On Statistics Stream to console....On Warning Stream to console.......On

Parser Statistics

Finite Objects: 30 Infinite Objects: 0 Light Sources: 1 Total: 31

Parser Time Parse Time: 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds (0.156 seconds) using 1 thread(s) with 0.140 CPU-seconds total Bounding Time: 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds (0.000 seconds) using 1 thread(s) with 0.000 CPU-seconds total

Render Options Quality: 9 Bounding boxes.......On Bounding threshold: 3 Antialiasing.........Off

Render Statistics Image Resolution 512 x 384

Pixels: 196608 Samples: 0 Smpls/Pxl: 0.00 Rays: 199525 Saved: 0 Max Level: 3/5

Ray->Shape Intersection Tests Succeeded Percentage

Sphere 320 49 15.31 Torus 28565 13903 48.67 Torus Bound 28565 16142 56.51 ~

[c-lipka]

Note that "Permitted Output Paths" does not mean actual output path. To actually create an output image in c:\render you will have to specify Output_File_Name=c:\render\ in the scene's INI file (or, if you always want to render to that directory, in the master povray.ini).

The "permitted output paths" mechanism is a security safeguard, in case you render scenes you get from other people, so that they can't mess with your system in unexpected ways.

[sbandx]

I did that but I think I stuck it in pvengine.ini and not povray.ini I will try it againOn Oct 13, 2018 15:29, Christoph Lipka notifications@github.com wrote:Note that "Permitted Output Paths" does not mean actual output path. To actually create an output image in c:\render you will have to specify Output_File_Name=c:\render\ in the scene's INI file (or, if you always want to render to that directory, in the master povray.ini). The "permitted output paths" mechanism is a security safeguard, in case you render scenes you get from other people, so that they can't mess with your system in unexpected ways.

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[sbandx]

Wrote to the wrong ini file