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Hi stefano,
Thanks a lot for the former question reply. another problem appear,i have set all the parameters for the raccoon, in last step,"set directory", it always tell me the directory is not accessible.i don't know why?
waiting for your reply.
Regards

It could be dependent on the directory name your using and the platform (i.e. Windows)
Try to use directory names without spaces nor non-ASCII characters (i.e. letters with accents or not included in standard Latin alphabet.
Last but not least, be sure to have the right permissions to write where you want to generate the files.

Let me know if it works,

Stefano

Hi stefano,

the platform is windows XP. the directory without spaces nor non-ASCII characters. the problem as me refer is common in windows? Do it as you say it still can't accessable in windows. why?
REGARDS

Jybackup,

I propose you two choices:
1.Manually create the directory
Using the file Explorer try to create the directory manually on your Desktop, for example, then select it with Raccoon and see if you can access to it.

2.Debug mode
with a text editor open the raccoon.py file and change the line 34:
to be look like this:
Run Raccoon again and you should see a lot of text in the Dos shell.
Repeat the same steps you followed to generate the VS and after you get the directory access error, copy the last lines (the more the better) and paste them here, so I can have a look.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
For the next version of Raccoon I've made the directory and file access on Windows more robust to avoid some (rare) issues like yours.
I'm trying to improve also the memory management to better deal with big ligand libraries (>100k ligands) then I'll release it, so stay tuned.

Raccoon is a 'young' software so thanks for using it, reporting the problems... and for you patience!

Stefano

p.s. which is the language of your WinXP version?

Hi Stefano,
======= PERFORMING THE CHECK ============
- ligands 1
CHECKDISKSPACE> this is path D:/aa
CHECKDISKSPACE> output [' \xc7\xfd\xb6\xaf\xc6\xf7 D \xd6\xd0\xb5\xc4\xbe\xed\xc
3\xbb\xd3\xd0\xb1\xea\xc7\xa9\xa1\xa3\n', ' \xbe\xed\xb5\xc4\xd0\xf2\xc1\xd0\xba
\xc5\xca\xc7 8876-07F2\n', '\n', ' D:\\aa \xb5\xc4\xc4\xbf\xc2\xbc\n', '\n', '20
10-07-29 09:32 <DIR> .\n', '2010-07-29 09:32 <DIR> ..\
n', ' 0 \xb8\xf6\xce\xc4\xbc\xfe 0 \xd7\xd6\xbd\xda\n
', ' 2 \xb8\xf6\xc4\xbf\xc2\xbc 89,307,111,424 \xbf\xc9\xd3\xc3\xd
7\xd6\xbd\xda\n']
CHECKDISKSPACE> diskspace 个目录
======= PERFORMING THE CHECK ============
- ligands 1
CHECKDISKSPACE> this is path D:/aa
CHECKDISKSPACE> output [' \xc7\xfd\xb6\xaf\xc6\xf7 D \xd6\xd0\xb5\xc4\xbe\xed\xc
3\xbb\xd3\xd0\xb1\xea\xc7\xa9\xa1\xa3\n', ' \xbe\xed\xb5\xc4\xd0\xf2\xc1\xd0\xba
\xc5\xca\xc7 8876-07F2\n', '\n', ' D:\\aa \xb5\xc4\xc4\xbf\xc2\xbc\n', '\n', '20
10-07-29 09:32 <DIR> .\n', '2010-07-29 09:32 <DIR> ..\
n', ' 0 \xb8\xf6\xce\xc4\xbc\xfe 0 \xd7\xd6\xbd\xda\n
', ' 2 \xb8\xf6\xc4\xbf\xc2\xbc 89,307,111,424 \xbf\xc9\xd3\xc3\xd
7\xd6\xbd\xda\n']
CHECKDISKSPACE> diskspace 个目录
REGARDS

XP version language is Chinese.

Hi,

I've figured out it was a Chinese locale. I think this is the main issue behind the error.
I guess the only way to deal with this could be to access to a disk (or another system, even better) with English language set.

Unless this fixes your issue, I think you should wait for the next release that should address Windows problems.

I"m sorry for the inconvenience,

Stefano

Hi!
I'm also having a similar problem running Raccoon on Windows 7. Is there a fix for this yet?
My output is below:

======= PERFORMING THE CHECK ============
- ligands 1
CHECKDISKSPACE> this is path C:/Users/Research/Virtual Screening/FP3_inhibitors/FP3_K11017/Raccoon/K11017/FP3_K11017
CHECKDISKSPACE> output [' Volume in drive C has no label.\n', ' Volume Serial Number is 02C3-954E\n', '\n', ' Directory of C:\\Users\\Research\\Virtual Screening\\FP3_inhibitors\\FP3_K11017\\Raccoon\\K11017\\FP3_K11017\n', '\n', '2011/08/11 03:40 PM
<DIR> .\n', '2011/08/11 03:40 PM <DIR> ..\n', '
0 File(s) 0 bytes\n', ' 2 Dir(s) 85\xff233\xff
565\xff696 bytes free\n']
CHECKDISKSPACE> diskspace 85 233 565 696
======= PERFORMING THE CHECK ============

Please help.
Cheers!

Hi,

I've fixed this bug (and couple of others more). I'm in the process of reviewing the code to make a release soon (a month would be the goal).
I will post updates here in the forum.

Thanks for your patience,


Stefano

Thank you Stefano. I'll look out for that!
Nifty bit of software, Racoon is. Well done!!