When I put quotes around the path I get the following: Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ ls -laeO "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools"
total 32 drwxr-xr-x 9 neillsmith wheel - 288 Mar 23 2018 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel - 96 May 16 16:08 .. -rw-r--r--@ 1 neillsmith wheel hidden 14340 Jun 27 13:11 .DS_Store drwxr-xr-x 9 neillsmith wheel - 288 Mar 10 2018 .svn drwxr-xr-x 36 neillsmith wheel - 1152 Mar 10 2018 Etc drwxr-xr-x 61 neillsmith wheel - 1952 Sep 27 2020 Exe drwxr-xr-x 6 neillsmith wheel - 192 Dec 14 2017 MacBin drwxr-xr-x 47 neillsmith wheel - 1504 Apr 15 2020 Matlab drwxr-xr-x 35 neillsmith wheel - 1120 Dec 19 2019 bat Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ What the heck is wheel? Neill On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 1:57:23 PM UTC-4 jj wrote: > 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. >>>> >>> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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