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I am using file handles to write my datasets to file in spss, which worked fine the first time. 

FILE HANDLE directoryPath /NAME='D:\XX\Dropbox\XX\' . 
FILE HANDLE write_data /NAME='directoryPath/dataset_1.sav' . 
SAVE OUTFILE='write_data '

Now I get the following error:

>Error # 5332 in column 26.  Text: write_data
>The specified file or directory is read-only and cannot be written to.  The 
>file will not be saved.  Save the file with another name or to a different 
>location or change the access permissions first. 
>Execution of this command stops.

If I specify the full path rather than the file handle:

 SAVE OUTFILE='D:\XX\Dropbox\XX\dataset_1.sav' 
 /COMPRESSED.

It works fine. As you can see, i am writing to a dropbox folder. I am not sure if this interferes with the permissions. Is there anyone that knows how to make my file handle example work by changing overall permissions, or do I need to revert back to changing my syntax manually?

johnnyfuego
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File handles are not cumulative. Only the first portion can be interpreted as a file handle.

JKP
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  • They can be used like this. See the answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2966177/specifying-relative-paths-in-spss-18 – johnnyfuego Sep 18 '13 at 16:49