On May 2, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Vasile Ermicioi wrote: > from this link: > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html > > "An application cannot write to the file system. An app can read files, but > only files uploaded with the application code. The app must use the App > Engine datastore, memcache or other services for all data that persists > between requests." > > Installing an application via web2py implies a writing operation - > open(upname, 'wb')
A more helpful error message might be in order. In general (GAE aside), the upload error message is pretty vague.