Thread: ERROR: relative path not allowed for COPY to file

Hi,

I must be being thick - can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

postgres=# COPY post_e_n
postgres-# TO 'usr/local/psql/csv/post_e_n.csv'
postgres-# WITH DELIMITER ','
postgres-# CSV HEADER;
ERROR:  relative path not allowed for COPY to file

COPY (SELECT * FROM post_e_n) gave me the same error.

I did chmod 755 -R psql to make sure the directory could be written to. Is
this to do with the underscores? There is no csv file pre-existing in the
directory.

Thanks,


Andy

On 02/12/2013 09:19 AM, Andrew Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I must be being thick - can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> postgres=# COPY post_e_n
> postgres-# TO 'usr/local/psql/csv/post_e_n.csv'
> postgres-# WITH DELIMITER ','
> postgres-# CSV HEADER;
> ERROR:  relative path not allowed for COPY to file
>
> COPY (SELECT * FROM post_e_n) gave me the same error.
>
> I did chmod 755 -R psql to make sure the directory could be written to.
> Is this to do with the underscores? There is no csv file pre-existing in
> the directory.

'usr/local/psql/csv/post_e_n.csv'

should be

'/usr/local/psql/csv/post_e_n.csv'
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Andy


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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@gmail.com

Andrew Taylor <andydtaylor@gmail.com> wrote:=0A=0A> postgres=3D# COPY post_=
e_n=0A=0A> postgres-# TO 'usr/local/psql/csv/post_e_n.csv'=0A> postgres-# W=
ITH DELIMITER ','=0A> postgres-# CSV HEADER;=0A> ERROR:=A0 relative path no=
t allowed for COPY to file=0A=0AI think you need a slash at the front of th=
at path.=0A=0A-Kevin