[Chicago-talk] :SPAM: Re: Script creates bad file when not run as root

[Elias Lutfallah]

Jim Jacobus wrote:
> The "bad" file is always only about 1500 bytes in size, no matter how 
> much data is sent to it. It's just junk so diff doesn't give any help. 
> I checked for errors every step of the way, but everything looks ok. I 
> reduced it to just creating a worksheet and workbook for simplicity.
>
>
> >I know that the xls that is spit out is binary, but have you diffed
> >the good and bad files to see just how corrupt the bad file is?
Is the xls that comes out truly a binary file? Try running `file 
test.xls` and see what kind of file it reports as. If it's binary, then 
try `strings test.xls` to see if any embedded text can lead you in the 
right direction. If it's text, vim the file and see what it is.