I heard that recent versions of macOS use a newer filesystem named APFS. Perhaps you could try to open the file in a newer macOS?
Again, I am not a macOS user so I cannot try that out... Good luck! -- Zhuoyun Wei On Wed, May 8, 2019, at 19:59, richard gott wrote: > Many thanks for this. I presume that means I can't do it. > Richard > > Prof R Gott > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 at 10:51 AM > > From: "Zhuoyun Wei" <wzy...@wzyboy.org> > > To: Beancount <beancount@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: Re: bean-bake export from linux to mac or windows > > > > I've never used bean-bake before. I just tried it. > > > > Some of the output filenames contain colons, for example "Assets:Cash.html". > > > > Some filesystem and/or OS cannot handle colons in paths. Linux allows > > colons in paths, while Windows does not. > > > > For example, if you mount an NTFS filesystem in Linux, and create a file > > called "foo:bar.txt" in it before mounting this NTFS filesystem in Windows, > > you cannot open / rename / move /delete the file in Windows. In this case, > > NTFS allows colons, but Windows does not support it. > > > > I don't use macOS, but I guess it's something similar. A quick Google > > search reveals that the HFS filesystem used by previous versions of macOS > > does not allow colons in filenames. > > > > -- > > Zhuoyun Wei > > > > On Tue, May 7, 2019, at 10:28, richard gott wrote: > > > Hello > > > I am the treasurer of a small charity. I have recently switched from > > > ledger. One of the main reasons was to make use of bean-bake to share > > > full accounts adn reports with the other trustees. > > > When I run bean-bake I get the folder as predictied whcih works fine - > > > linux (arch adn ubuntu - both ok - ext4). > > > BUT: > > > * try to copy to USB, fails with 'cannot copy files' > > > * zip and send to mac, unzip OR > > > * upload to google drive adn download to mac * index opens fine, > > > structure is intact > > > * top level accounts open ok > > > * anything below that is empty > > > It behaves as if the apple file system can't cope with the folder depth > > > of the lower level files in the bean-bake folder. But I am not a > > > computer expert adn that may be complete rubbish. > > > I would be most grateful for any help that can be offered > > > Thanks > > > Richard > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Beancount" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/trinity-703d58fc-e627-4414-9191-c4b76b7cbc2b-1557148626744%403c-app-mailcom-bs06 > > > > > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/trinity-703d58fc-e627-4414-9191-c4b76b7cbc2b-1557148626744%403c-app-mailcom-bs06?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Beancount" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/2de489f9-3a19-4a09-bbe8-ae9e4d856f38%40www.fastmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/trinity-3638278d-4e8c-469e-b577-c6361bcf40c9-1557316786738%403c-app-mailcom-bs13. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/5c8bd647-56cd-4c83-9824-9ede91ee2d91%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
