[yt-users] h5py problem

[Cameron Hummels]

Are you actively trying to create hdf5 files?  I know hdf5 won't
overwrite an existing file by default, so perhaps if you've already
created files in your loop, then try to run it again with those files
still present, it will bail like this. 

If that isn't the case, I'm not sure.  If you could send your script, or
pastebin it, that might provide more insight.

Cameron

On 07/05/2011 05:34 PM, John ZuHone wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I  have a loop that goes over a list of filenames I've generated, loads parameter files for them, passes each pf object to a procedure which grabs data from the file, and then loops back over. After the first iteration, I get this crash:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/src/ctools/filter_particle_velocities.py", line 91, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/src/ctools/filter_particle_velocities.py", line 68, in main
>     compute_turb_vels(pf, numVelCells, xp, yp, zp, vxp, vyp, vzp)
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/src/ctools/compute_turb_vels.py", line 15, in compute_turb_vels
>     leaf_grids = [g for g in pf.h.grids if len(g.Children) == 0]
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/opt/yt-x86_64/src/yt-hg/yt/data_objects/static_output.py", line 163, in hierarchy
>     self, data_style=self.data_style)
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/opt/yt-x86_64/src/yt-hg/yt/frontends/flash/data_structures.py", line 73, in __init__
>     self._handle = h5py.File(self.hierarchy_filename)
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/opt/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/h5py-1.3.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/h5py/highlevel.py", line 797, in __init__
>     self.fid = self._generate_fid(name, mode, plist)
>   File "/local/data/duce2/zuhone/opt/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/h5py-1.3.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/h5py/highlevel.py", line 842, in _generate_fid
>     fid = h5f.create(name, h5f.ACC_EXCL, fapl=plist)
>   File "h5f.pyx", line 87, in h5py.h5f.create (h5py/h5f.c:1378)
> h5py._stub.IOError: File exists (File accessability: Unable to open file)
>
> It does not matter where in the list of files I start, so it's not due to a single bad file. It's like it doesn't detect the file it's trying to read somehow, so it tries to create it, but then it finds out it already exists, and then aborts. Very odd. 
>
> Best,
>
> John ZuHone
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