I've had that sort of frightful event sometime in the past. I seem to recall it was often associated with a corrupt working file (unless the disk was really full, or its capacity is exhausted in the very act of saving your working file). (The latter would happen if you have added more variables or cases to the file during the session before saving over the old --and smaller-- file).

Try using XSAVE instead of SAVE, just in case it is something associated with the command. And check the syntax carefully for possible errors.

Hector Maletta Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gil Vautour wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm using SPSS 10.0.5 for Windows and I'm receiving a strange error > message when I try to save my data file. I import the text file all > seems fine, all the data is where it should be but when I go to save > it I get the following messages: > > >Error. Command name: SAVE > >Program error processing SPSS system file dictionary > >(DATA1209) > >This command not executed. > > >Error # 1407 > >Error when writing the dictionary to a new data file. > > >Warning # 5322. Command name: SAVE > >The attempt to save the data file has failed because the > >disk is full, an I/O error has occurred, or the task was > > >interrupted. IF SAVING OVER AN EXISTING FILE, THAT FILE > >HAS BEEN LOST. Clear some disk space or choose a > >different device and try again. > > Has anyone seen this sort of thing before? My disk isn't > full and all was well up until I tried to save. Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Gil D. Vautour > Programmer Analyst/Microcomputer Specialist > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > University of New Brunswick > Registrar's Office > P.O. Box 4400 > Fredericton, N.B. > Canada > E3B 5A3 > http://www.unb.ca/ > Phone: (506) 458-7734 > Fax: (506) 453-5016 > E-mail: vautour@unb.ca