I need to learn to proof better. I have read & write permissions on all 
files and folders.

On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 9:46:56 AM UTC-4 Neill Smith wrote:

> In response to Kreme earlier. I checked the permissions on\VCTTools using 
> Get Info. I have had & write permissions. Everyone else has read 
> permissions. The same permissions hold for the SH file hdbgsub.sh.
>
> Is there some other way to check permissions other than Get Info?
>
> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 9:38:16 AM UTC-4 Neill Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes it does exist.  I can open that file (and any other SH file) in 
>> AppleScript and edit it. I can open it directly using BBEdit but of course 
>> it looks like garbage.
>>
>> This particular setup is from when my former company used Windows. On a 
>> WinPC having VCTTools at c:\VCTTools on every computer meant anyone could 
>> add a new tool (VCTTools was maintained in a SVN repository) to VCTTools 
>> and then everyone could just update their VCTTools copy. No one had to edit 
>> paths for their computer.
>>
>> When we moved to MacOS, VCTTools was placed at the ROOT LEVEL to get the 
>> same effect. Files within VCTTools have paths set under this assumption. If 
>> VCTTools were a folder under a USER under MacOS, any one updating to the 
>> newest version would have to go in and edit paths in a bunch of files.
>> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7:47:55 AM UTC-4 Ulrich Kapp wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Neill,
>>>
>>> Did you check whether the script file /VCTTools/bat/hdbgsub.sh does 
>>> exist?
>>>
>>> Ulrich
>>>
>>> Am 27.06.2021 um 01:10 schrieb Neill Smith <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> I recently upgraded  my macOS from High Sierra to Big Sur. A script file 
>>> that has run for years under BBEdit (and TextWrangler before) has quit 
>>> working. The script is invoked from within a file [fname].GEO by picking 
>>> the script from my scripts list in the BBEdit top bar. The script runs a 
>>> program that reads the [fname].GEO file.
>>>
>>> Now the script doesn't run. I get the message
>>>
>>> A scripting error has occurred:
>>>
>>> sh: /VCTTools/bat/hdbgsub.sh: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> This directory does exist. I uninstalled BBEdit and did a clean 
>>> reinstall. I had to contact BBEdit tech support in order to install the 
>>> Command Line Tools because old versions of the tools had to be removed 
>>> manually.
>>>
>>> I didn't write the original script. It was created by a colleague years 
>>> ago. BBEdit tech support recommended that I contact this group.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Neill Smith
>>>
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