as I said in my previous email check com.apple.quarantine with xattr
if it’s there you should delete it with sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <path> also as Rich Siegel noticed you should avoid put links in / folder, however it’s possible, using /etc/synthetic.conf. it’s not recommended, there are situations when you have to do that to avoid very expansive refactoring dm > On Jun 27, 2021, at 10:34 AM, Neill Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> > >> -- >> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature >> request or need technical support, please email "[email protected] <>" >> rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: >> <https://twitter.com/bbedit <https://twitter.com/bbedit>> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BBEdit Talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/a8fc6e58-41f0-4ea1-9180-efea41378b86n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/a8fc6e58-41f0-4ea1-9180-efea41378b86n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" > rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: > <https://twitter.com/bbedit <https://twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/311281fd-d747-4031-be74-a1b2086c55bdn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/311281fd-d747-4031-be74-a1b2086c55bdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/797888B2-3F84-4BCC-83D6-EA9FB41EE099%40mac.com.
