maemo.org - Talk - Can't write to file from a .desktop file

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Originally Posted by flp (Post 668235)

When i tried calling the desktop file from x-term (not in root shell) i get this error:

File "usr/bin/writetofile.py", line 5, in <module>
log = open(log_dir + "test", "a")
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/sleepclock/logs/test'

Could this be the problem that's occurring when i try to run the script from the icon in the extras menu? And, if so, how do i fix it?

Probably a "test" file owned by root already exists, preventing your script form overwriting it when run as user.
Delete everything in the logs directory and try again.