An error occurred while trying to export the selected file
I'm exporting a library of 5749 items to a disc with 340GB free. The last time I did an export, with 4668 items, it totalled about 33.4GB.
The Error Console looks like this -
https://ln2.sync.com/dl/d4e83d1d0/eapcncwk-ghgu64m4-fz5q66sk-zvd5h4nu
The export fails at about 14.5GB, 2793 files.
I have Windows 10 on an Asus desktop, Intel Core i3, DDR3 8GB.
I see someone got round this by exporting to a shorter file path - my path is only E:\Zotero\My Library 210116\My Library
This has happened four times now; the last time I rebooted the machine first.
The Error Console looks like this -
https://ln2.sync.com/dl/d4e83d1d0/eapcncwk-ghgu64m4-fz5q66sk-zvd5h4nu
The export fails at about 14.5GB, 2793 files.
I have Windows 10 on an Asus desktop, Intel Core i3, DDR3 8GB.
I see someone got round this by exporting to a shorter file path - my path is only E:\Zotero\My Library 210116\My Library
This has happened four times now; the last time I rebooted the machine first.
Debug submitted, No. D1087545208
That said, I love Zotero, and I really appreciate the team's efforts (and successes!).
I read that the developers recognise that Export-Import can be problematical and is not recommended. One doesn't want to be too critical of the developers—I'm delighted to have Zotero and it does everything I want—but if so, why offer it...? And having said that, I have succeeded with Exports in the past!
That said, exporting your library should definitely work. My guess would be that it's actually a memory issue -- Zotero isn't terribly good when writing enormous XML files (which an RDF for 5k items is) and may simply hit the RAM alotment for a 32-bit app on Windows.
You could check if you have broken attachments in your library with the Zotero Storage Scanner add-on. It adds '#broken_attachments' tags to broken attachments. (I think selecting "Tools" -> "Storage Scanner" will update these tags.)
There's also a related script here. I think the script excludes linked files.