Neill,
The path /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools contains spaces.
You should quote paths that contains spaces when using them in the
terminal, like so:
"/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools"
Otherwise the shell interprets it as 4 paths space separated:
/Volumes/Macintosh
HD
-
Data/VCTTools
On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7:42:59 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
> Thanks to Rich and Jean I "think" we have found the problem. When I went
> to execute the Terminal commands suggested by Rich I couldn't find the
> /VCTTools folder in Finder to drag it to the Terminal window.
>
> I can get to /VCTTools because I had a shortcut to it in the LHS panel of
> Finder where you save links to often-used folders. I have been clicking
> that link to get to /VCTTools. When I do, the path shown is
>
> /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools
>
> which Jean noticed. If I paste the above path into the Terminal commands
> suggested by Rich I get
>
> Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ ls -laeO /Volumes/Macintosh HD -
> Data/VCTTools
>
> ls: -: No such file or directory
>
> ls: /Volumes/Macintosh: No such file or directory
>
> ls: Data/VCTTools: No such file or directory
>
> ls: HD: No such file or directory
>
> Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$
>
>
> If I click "back" when at the/VCTTools folder via my saved Finder link, I
> end up at
>
> Macintosh HD without /Volumes as part of the path.
>
> I see folders
>
> Applications, System, Users
>
> I see a lot of grayed-out entries including
>
> Volumes
>
> If I double-click Volumes, I see two folders
>
> Mackintosh HD (has different icon, might not be a folder)
>
> Mackintosh - Data
>
> If I double-click Mackintosh - HD, I see the folder VCTToolds.
>
> So VCTTools is not where thought it was.
>
> So how and where do I move VCTTools?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neill
> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 1:12:27 PM UTC-4 jj wrote:
>
>> Hi Neill,
>>
>> I notice that the scripting error you describe in your first post is:
>>
>> > A scripting error has occurred:
>> > sh: /VCTTools/bat/hdbgsub.sh: No such file or directory
>>
>> Yet in another post you add:
>>
>> > The HydroV_dbg.scpt file invokes the script hdbgsub.sh which resides
>> in folder
>> > /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools/bat
>>
>> Since macOS Catalina, MacOS now splits the operating system and data
>> files into two volumes.
>>
>> see <
>> https://www.macworld.com/article/233490/why-you-might-see-a-new-data-disk-in-catalina.html
>> >
>>
>> So hdbgsub.sh was probably moved to the data files when you upgraded you
>> system and is accessible at:
>>
>> /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools/bat/hdbgsub.sh
>>
>> Consequently you should replace the old path by this new path in the
>> script that calls hdbgsub.sh.
>>
>> [Hstat Hmsg] = system([root,slash,'Volumes',slash,'Macintosh HD -
>> Data',slash,'VCTTools',slash,'bat',slash,'hdbgsub',ext,' ',filename]);
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Jean Jourdain
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7:09:51 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> On 27 Jun 2021, at 12:36, Neill Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> > K>> cd /VCTTools
>>> > Error using cd
>>> > Cannot CD to /VCTTools (Name is nonexistent or not a directory).
>>> >
>>> > So in Finder I can get to /VCTTools and edit files. BBEdit can open
>>> > files
>>> > under /VCTTools and edit them.
>>> > But other programs don't see this directory /VCTTools.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you and the Finder have a different idea of where that folder
>>> is.
>>>
>>> Try this:
>>>
>>> - open a new Terminal window.
>>>
>>> - type "ls -laeO " (including the space), but do NOT press Return or
>>> Enter.
>>>
>>> - drag the "VCTTools" folder from the Finder *into* the Terminal window.
>>> This will enter the full path to the folder.
>>>
>>> - now press Return.
>>>
>>> At step 3 you'll see the actual Unix path to the "VCTTools" folder, and
>>> that perhaps may explain why Terminal and Finder don't agree.
>>>
>>> Then supply the output from the "ls" command, since that may hold some
>>> clues as well.
>>>
>>> R.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
>>> <[email protected]> <https://www.barebones.com/>
>>>
>>> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.
>>>
>>
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