Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

[Elephant]

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Hello,

When I try to to convert form markdown to pdf with weasyprint or 
wkhtmltopdf, I get the error message `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file 
is locked)`.

For example,

> echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
[WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
  Defaulting to '-' as the title.
  To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)

and

> echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=weasyprint
[WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
  Defaulting to '-' as the title.
  To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)

I'm on macos Ventura 13.2.1 and pandoc 3.1. Any idea how to fix this?

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Re: Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

[A A]

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Is the Pdf open when you get that error?

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023, 21:24 Elephant, <rohit.jagan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When I try to to convert form markdown to pdf with weasyprint or
> wkhtmltopdf, I get the error message `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file
> is locked)`.
>
> For example,
>
> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>
> and
>
> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=weasyprint
> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>
> I'm on macos Ventura 13.2.1 and pandoc 3.1. Any idea how to fix this?
>
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Re: Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

[Elephant]

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No, the pdf file does not exist.

On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 7:24:54 PM UTC-8 A A wrote:

> Is the Pdf open when you get that error?
>
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023, 21:24 Elephant, <rohit...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> When I try to to convert form markdown to pdf with weasyprint or 
>> wkhtmltopdf, I get the error message `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file 
>> is locked)`.
>>
>> For example,
>>
>> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
>> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
>> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>>
>> and
>>
>> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=weasyprint
>> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
>> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>>
>> I'm on macos Ventura 13.2.1 and pandoc 3.1. Any idea how to fix this?
>>
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>>
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Re: Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

['William Lupton' via pandoc-discuss]

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I tried this and it worked for me. Same pandoc version (well, 3.1.1) but an
older macos version (12.5.1).

This 'resource busy' error reminds of what you get when you try to unmount
a volume but have a terminal session with its current directory within the
to-be-unmounted volume.

So I wonder whether you could try running it from some other location, just
in case there's a problem with creating a temporary file, or something like
that.

On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 at 04:25, Elephant <rohit.jagan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> No, the pdf file does not exist.
>
> On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 7:24:54 PM UTC-8 A A wrote:
>
>> Is the Pdf open when you get that error?
>>
>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023, 21:24 Elephant, <rohit...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> When I try to to convert form markdown to pdf with weasyprint or
>>> wkhtmltopdf, I get the error message `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file
>>> is locked)`.
>>>
>>> For example,
>>>
>>> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
>>> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>>>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>>>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
>>> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=weasyprint
>>> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>>>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>>>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
>>> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>>>
>>> I'm on macos Ventura 13.2.1 and pandoc 3.1. Any idea how to fix this?
>>>
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Re: Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

[Elephant]

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It seems like this is the issue. I was running pandoc from a mounted exfat 
volume. I'm not getting the issue when I run pandoc outside this volume. 
Apparently this may be a haskell issue when using an exfat volume on macos: 
https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/3893. Thanks for the help 
and please let me know if there is a way to avoid this

On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:41:42 AM UTC-8 William Lupton wrote:

> I tried this and it worked for me. Same pandoc version (well, 3.1.1) but 
> an older macos version (12.5.1).
>
> This 'resource busy' error reminds of what you get when you try to unmount 
> a volume but have a terminal session with its current directory within the 
> to-be-unmounted volume.
>
> So I wonder whether you could try running it from some other location, 
> just in case there's a problem with creating a temporary file, or something 
> like that.
>
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 at 04:25, Elephant <rohit...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> No, the pdf file does not exist.
>>
>> On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 7:24:54 PM UTC-8 A A wrote:
>>
>>> Is the Pdf open when you get that error?
>>>
>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023, 21:24 Elephant, <rohit...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> When I try to to convert form markdown to pdf with weasyprint or 
>>>> wkhtmltopdf, I get the error message `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file 
>>>> is locked)`.
>>>>
>>>> For example,
>>>>
>>>> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
>>>> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>>>>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>>>>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
>>>> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=weasyprint
>>>> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>>>>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>>>>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
>>>> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
>>>>
>>>> I'm on macos Ventura 13.2.1 and pandoc 3.1. Any idea how to fix this?
>>>>
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Re: Converting to pdf: `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`

[John MacFarlane]

Works ok for me on Monterey.  I don't have a Ventura machine to test on.
Can anyone else who is running Ventura try to reproduce this?

Also, do you have the same problem producing a pdf with --pdf-engine=pdflatex ?

> On Mar 9, 2023, at 12:24 PM, Elephant <rohit.jagan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When I try to to convert form markdown to pdf with weasyprint or wkhtmltopdf, I get the error message `pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)`.
> 
> For example,
> 
> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
> 
> and
> 
> > echo "example" | pandoc -o example.pdf --pdf-engine=weasyprint
> [WARNING] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
>   Defaulting to '-' as the title.
>   To specify a title, use 'title' in metadata or --metadata title="...".
> pandoc: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
> 
> I'm on macos Ventura 13.2.1 and pandoc 3.1. Any idea how to fix this?
> 
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