<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEEDINFO " title="NEEDINFO - Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117731#c2">Comment # 2</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEEDINFO " title="NEEDINFO - Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117731">bug 117731</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:richard.elkins@gmail.com" title="Richard Elkins <richard.elkins@gmail.com>"> Richard Elkins</a> <pre>Like you, when I ran LibreOffice under Xubuntu 16.04 and 17.10, there was no timing issue. This only has appeared for me in 18.04. In a terminal window (I've done this before), `libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt:writer8 myfile.txt; ls *.odt` result: ls: cannot access '*.odt': No such file or directory My LibreOffice packages installed: ii libreoffice 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite (metapackage) ii libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer backend for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-base 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- database ii libreoffice-base-core 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- shared library ii libreoffice-base-drivers 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 Database connectivity drivers for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-calc 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- spreadsheet ii libreoffice-common 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all office productivity suite -- arch-independent files ii libreoffice-core 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- arch-dependent files ii libreoffice-draw 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- drawing ii libreoffice-gnome 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- GNOME integration ii libreoffice-gtk 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all transitional package for LibreOffice gtk2 backend ii libreoffice-gtk2 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- GTK+ 2 integration ii libreoffice-gtk3 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- GTK+ 3 integration ii libreoffice-help-en-us 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all office productivity suite -- English_american help ii libreoffice-impress 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- presentation ii libreoffice-java-common 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all office productivity suite -- arch-independent Java support files ii libreoffice-librelogo 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all Logo-like progamming language for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-math 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- equation editor ii libreoffice-nlpsolver 0.9+LibO6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all "Solver for Nonlinear Programming" extension for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-ogltrans 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 LibreOffice Impress extension for slide transitions using OpenGL ii libreoffice-report-builder 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all LibreOffice component for building database reports ii libreoffice-report-builder-bin 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 LibreOffice component for building database reports -- libraries ii libreoffice-script-provider-bsh 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all BeanShell script support provider for LibreOffice scripting framework ii libreoffice-script-provider-js 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all JavaScript script support provider for LibreOffice scripting framework ii libreoffice-script-provider-python 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all Python script support provider for LibreOffice scripting framework ii libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 HSQLDB SDBC driver for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 PostgreSQL SDBC driver for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-style-elementary 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all office productivity suite -- Elementary symbol style ii libreoffice-style-galaxy 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all office productivity suite -- Galaxy (Default) symbol style ii libreoffice-style-tango 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all office productivity suite -- Tango symbol style ii libreoffice-wiki-publisher 1.2.0+LibO6.0.3-0ubuntu1 all LibreOffice extension for working with MediaWiki articles ii libreoffice-writer 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 office productivity suite -- word processor Just now, I reproduced this anomaly. My script is as follows: ### Create somehow a file called myfile.txt rm myfile.odt somewhere-else.odt libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt:writer8 myfile.txt RC=$? if [ $RC -ne 0 ]; then echo '*** libreoffice conversion failed for myfile.txt' exit 86 fi #sleep 3 cp myfile.odt somewhere-else.odt As is, it consistently produces the reported anomaly. When I uncomment the sleep step, all is well. This might be an interface issue with newer version dependencies of LibreOffice. Its hard to tell. How would I investigate without knowing a lot of LibreOffice internals? I am open to suggestion and further investigation. I am a multi-level developer in case you want me to try something unusual. Suggestion: have someone try my test script under any flavor of Ubuntu 18.04. If you cannot reproduce this report, then just close it as unreproducable. Please note: This report should be not a high priority as my 3-second delay consistently works for me i.e. I am not stuck.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>