# XDMF files

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 24, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033 "2019-11-24T19:06:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kirathegreat)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033/1 "2019-11-24T19:06:15Z")

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Hello,

I generate some XDMF files ( `output.xdmf` and `output.h5`) from some FEniCS codes I wrote, I needed to open them on Paraview (5.6.2 - 64-bit) on my Macbook, I chose load the `output.xdmf` file and I was prompted to choose one of the following two readers: Xdmf3ReaderS and Xdmf3ReaderT. I have tried both of them and Paraview crushed.

Following are some information I copied from the crush report:

> Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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> Exception Type: EXC\_CRASH (SIGABRT)  
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000  
> Exception Note: EXC\_CORPSE\_NOTIFY
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> Application Specific Information:  
> terminating with uncaught exception of type XdmfError: xmlReadFile could not read /Volumes/FEA/output.xdmf in XdmfCoreReader::XdmfCoreReaderImpl::openFile  
> abort() called
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> Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Did I create the XDMF files incorrectly? or was it some issue with my Mac?

Thank you!

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033/2 "2019-11-25T10:56:04Z")

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Please share your files

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### Author: ![Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/dave_demarle/32/27_2.png) [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033/3 "2019-11-26T00:12:09Z")

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Also make sure that this file exists and has readable permissions.

> [@kirathegreat](#):
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> /Volumes/FEA/output.xdmf

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### Author: ![kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kirathegreat)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033/4 "2019-11-26T00:16:29Z")

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Hello Mathieu,  
I am not sure how to share the files as they are over 10 GBs.

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### Author: ![kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kirathegreat)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-files/3033/5 "2019-11-26T00:19:29Z")

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Hello Dave  
How should I check the permission? I generated the files with my own codes so I didn’t think there could be a permission issue.