the path is empty or relative. you must use an absolute path

[raayr]

Hi, I have problem while running my labview program. It say "the path is empty or relative. you must use an absolute path". anyone can help me? I attach the error screenshoot below. thank you

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi raayr,

do as the error message says: use an absolute path!

How did you create this "u//labviewgarek.csv" string? What is the expected path?

Why dont you attach your VI when you have problems with your VI?

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

What is your OS? (Since you use forward slashes, it's probably not windows)

(Your path is definitely malformed, but unfortunately we cannot see your code. Do you use "build path" or plain string operations? What is the path supposed to be?)

[billko · Accepted solution]

I'm guessing an error happened upstream that led to an empty string being part of your path instead of whatever was supposed to go there.

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

Since it looks like you are trying to write to the U drive and the forward slashes, I'm guessing you are using a cRIO.

But "//" being in your path indicates that you are missing something in your file path.  Check for any upstream errors.  Something returned an empty string.

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

On crio, an absolute path should start with a "/" (details).

Could it be the path root is mistyped and should be "/u" instead of "u/"? (Maybe correct path is /u/labviewgarek.csv instead of u//labviewgarek.csv).