zotelo-update-database NS_ERROR_FAILURE

[ArthurTu]

I am using zotelo with emacs on cygwin.

I added a fix to zotelo source code to handle to file name convertion, and expected it to work.

After zotelo-update-database, error occured.

 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 18:34:02 2013]
 Executing command: 

 (moz-command (format zotelo--export-collection-js 'C:\cygwin\home\Arthur\test.bib' 2))

 translated as:

var zotelo_filename=('C:\cygwin\home\Arthur\test.bib');
var zotelo_id = 2;
var zotelo_translator_id = '9cb70025-a888-4a29-a210-93ec52da40d4';
var zotelo_prefs = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService).getBranch('extensions.zotero.');
var zotelo_file = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/file/local;1'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
var zotelo_recColl = zotelo_prefs.getBoolPref('recursiveCollections');
zotelo_file.initWithPath(zotelo_filename);
//split
var zotelo_zotero = Components.classes['@zotero.org/Zotero;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsISupports).wrappedJSObject;
var zotelo_collection = true;
var zotelo_translator = new zotelo_zotero.Translate('export');
if (zotelo_id != 0){ //not all collections
    zotelo_collection = zotelo_zotero.Collections.get(zotelo_id);
    zotelo_translator.setCollection(zotelo_collection);
};
//split
if(zotelo_collection){
    zotelo_translator.setLocation(zotelo_file);
    zotelo_translator.setTranslator(zotelo_translator_id);
    zotelo_prefs.setBoolPref('recursiveCollections', true);
    zotelo_translator.translate();
    zotelo_prefs.setBoolPref('recursiveCollections', zotelo_recColl);
    zotelo_out=':MozOK:';
}else{
    zotelo_out='Collection with the id ' + zotelo_id + ' does not exist.';
};
//split
zotelo_out;

Updating 'test.bib' ...

 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 18:34:02 2013]
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 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 18:34:02 2013]
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 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 18:34:02 2013]
 Moz-command finished
if: MozError: 
!!! [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIFileOutputStream.init]"  nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/translation/translate_firefox.js :: Zotero.Translate.IO.Write :: line 833"  data: no]

Details:

  name: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
  QueryInterface:
    function QueryInterface() {
        [native code]
    }
  message: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIFileOutputStream.init]
  result: 2147500037
  filename: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/translation/translate_firefox.js
  lineNumber: 833
  columnNumber: 0
  location: JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/translation/translate_firefox.js :: Zotero.Translate.IO.Write :: line 833
  inner: null
  data: null
  initialize:
    function initialize() {
        [native code]
    }

[vspinu]

You should be able to execute the translated code in firebug console:

var zotelo_filename=('C:\cygwin\home\Arthur\test.bib');
var zotelo_id = 2;
var zotelo_translator_id = '9cb70025-a888-4a29-a210-93ec52da40d4';
var zotelo_prefs = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService).getBranch('extensions.zotero.');
var zotelo_file = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/file/local;1'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
var zotelo_recColl = zotelo_prefs.getBoolPref('recursiveCollections');
zotelo_file.initWithPath(zotelo_filename);
//split
var zotelo_zotero = Components.classes['@zotero.org/Zotero;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsISupports).wrappedJSObject;
var zotelo_collection = true;
var zotelo_translator = new zotelo_zotero.Translate('export');
if (zotelo_id != 0){ //not all collections
    zotelo_collection = zotelo_zotero.Collections.get(zotelo_id);
    zotelo_translator.setCollection(zotelo_collection);
};
//split
if(zotelo_collection){
    zotelo_translator.setLocation(zotelo_file);
    zotelo_translator.setTranslator(zotelo_translator_id);
    zotelo_prefs.setBoolPref('recursiveCollections', true);
    zotelo_translator.translate();
    zotelo_prefs.setBoolPref('recursiveCollections', zotelo_recColl);
    zotelo_out=':MozOK:';
}else{
    zotelo_out='Collection with the id ' + zotelo_id + ' does not exist.';
};
//split
zotelo_out;

You can run this in firebug or moz-repl console on some non-cygwin path and see if it has to do with cygwin or it is some firefox or zotero bug. I have not way to investigate this issue and I would appreciate if you can figure it out.

[ArthurTu]

Fixed in my pull request. This is the output of the correct code. Do notice the escape of backslashes in zotelo_filename.

 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 19:25:12 2013]
 Executing command: 

 (moz-command (format zotelo--export-collection-js 'C:\\cygwin\\home\\Arthur\\test.bib' 2))

 translated as:

var zotelo_filename=('C:\\cygwin\\home\\Arthur\\test.bib');
var zotelo_id = 2;
var zotelo_translator_id = '9cb70025-a888-4a29-a210-93ec52da40d4';
var zotelo_prefs = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService).getBranch('extensions.zotero.');
var zotelo_file = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/file/local;1'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
var zotelo_recColl = zotelo_prefs.getBoolPref('recursiveCollections');
zotelo_file.initWithPath(zotelo_filename);
//split
var zotelo_zotero = Components.classes['@zotero.org/Zotero;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsISupports).wrappedJSObject;
var zotelo_collection = true;
var zotelo_translator = new zotelo_zotero.Translate('export');
if (zotelo_id != 0){ //not all collections
    zotelo_collection = zotelo_zotero.Collections.get(zotelo_id);
    zotelo_translator.setCollection(zotelo_collection);
};
//split
if(zotelo_collection){
    zotelo_translator.setLocation(zotelo_file);
    zotelo_translator.setTranslator(zotelo_translator_id);
    zotelo_prefs.setBoolPref('recursiveCollections', true);
    zotelo_translator.translate();
    zotelo_prefs.setBoolPref('recursiveCollections', zotelo_recColl);
    zotelo_out=':MozOK:';
}else{
    zotelo_out='Collection with the id ' + zotelo_id + ' does not exist.';
};
//split
zotelo_out;

Updating 'test.bib' ...

 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 19:25:12 2013]
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 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 19:25:12 2013]
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 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 19:25:12 2013]
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 zotelo message [Sun Apr 28 19:25:12 2013]
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'test.bib' updated successfully (BibTeX)