A string file path was read as bytes in pyreadr.read_r() about pyreadr HOT 5 CLOSED

The string is transformed to bytes to be passed to the C library, that detail is not relevant.
You need the file to be in local disk. Remote files or files on mounted remote disks wont work. Pkease check that.

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Another thing to check: the string must be utf-8 encoded. If it is in another encoding transform it to utf-8. It is described in the docs.

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Hi Otto, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I still have the same issue. I run the script within Docker. The script and the Rda file are in the same container, so it is not a remote one. The string is utf-8 encoded by default.

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strange, I work in Docker containers and it works without issues. Maybe it is the way your volumes are mounted? if you are working on a mounted volume have you tried moving your file to your home directory?
when you get the error, the path printed in bytes, if you translate them to a string, is it correct?

In any case, unfortunately the opening of the file is happening at the C library level, which only accepts local files (home directory in docker works for me), and nothing can be done to change that.

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