OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error

[Former user]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/srr.py", line 602, in main
    parser.exit(manage_srr(options, infolder, infiles, working_dir))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/srr.py", line 316, in manage_srr
    options.volume is None, options.volume, rar_mt)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/main.py", line 1316, in reconstruct
    in_folder, hints, auto_locate_renamed)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/main.py", line 1705, in get_rar_data_object
    auto_locate_renamed))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/main.py", line 2017, in compressed_rar_file_factory
    nblock, followup_src, solid=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/main.py", line 2142, in __init__
    first_block, blocks, thread_count)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/main.py", line 2273, in search_matching_rar_executable
    proc = custom_popen([rarexe.path()] + args.arglist())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rescene/main.py", line 2772, in custom_popen
    creationflags=creationflags)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1343, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error
Unexpected Error: [Errno 8] Exec format error

[Gfy]

Can you provide some more details? Can you get it to work because this doesn't seem to be a ReScene bug.

• Operating system: Linux/Unix
• Tool: srr.py used to reconstruct a rarset
• The error: [Errno 8] Exec format error

The error means that the external program (rar) is not a valid executable. It can have the wrong architecture or maybe the windows rar files are used.

Could be related to http://rescene.wikidot.com/faq#linux

Solution: better error handling after reproducing this with a good explanation of what exactly goes wrong.