“No such file or directory” even though the file is listed with ls
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I have reinstalled and installed Ubuntu 3 times now. I'm writing a gforth program for the school. I have installed gforth and it runs just fine. I've written a file to save my program in. In the given directory and I use ls, the file is listed. However, if I use the command gforth filename.fs, I get *OS command line*:-1: No such file or directory followed by a few lines of a backtrace. Trying to include the file while in gforth creates a similar result. Even when I try vim filename.fs, I get a blank file. Creating new files with vim also doesn't work. After I exit vim and save, the file is nowhere to be found. Please help.
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I have reinstalled and installed Ubuntu 3 times now. I'm writing a gforth program for the school. I have installed gforth and it runs just fine. I've written a file to save my program in. In the given directory and I use ls, the file is listed. However, if I use the command gforth filename.fs, I get *OS command line*:-1: No such file or directory followed by a few lines of a backtrace. Trying to include the file while in gforth creates a similar result. Even when I try vim filename.fs, I get a blank file. Creating new files with vim also doesn't work. After I exit vim and save, the file is nowhere to be found. Please help.
command-line permissions
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
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You sure you didn't put a space or similar invisible character in the filename?
– muru
Sep 11 at 2:59
Yeah, the filename has no spaces or anything, it's literally program.fs
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:11
Are you in the same directory as the file when you callgforth? Trygforth ./program.fs
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 at 3:35
That resulted in almost the exact same thing, except instead of sayingNo such file or directoryit now saysPermission denied. I thought I've been running as the administrator, but I don't know if that even has anything to do with this.
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:38
Go to the directory and runnamei -lx *, and add the output please.
– muru
Sep 11 at 3:52
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I have reinstalled and installed Ubuntu 3 times now. I'm writing a gforth program for the school. I have installed gforth and it runs just fine. I've written a file to save my program in. In the given directory and I use ls, the file is listed. However, if I use the command gforth filename.fs, I get *OS command line*:-1: No such file or directory followed by a few lines of a backtrace. Trying to include the file while in gforth creates a similar result. Even when I try vim filename.fs, I get a blank file. Creating new files with vim also doesn't work. After I exit vim and save, the file is nowhere to be found. Please help.
command-line permissions
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
NIMISHAN
83521119
asked Sep 11 at 2:54
ScottyD
161
I have reinstalled and installed Ubuntu 3 times now. I'm writing a gforth program for the school. I have installed gforth and it runs just fine. I've written a file to save my program in. In the given directory and I use ls, the file is listed. However, if I use the command gforth filename.fs, I get *OS command line*:-1: No such file or directory followed by a few lines of a backtrace. Trying to include the file while in gforth creates a similar result. Even when I try vim filename.fs, I get a blank file. Creating new files with vim also doesn't work. After I exit vim and save, the file is nowhere to be found. Please help.
command-line permissions
command-line permissions
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
NIMISHAN
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asked Sep 11 at 2:54
ScottyD
161
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
NIMISHAN
83521119
asked Sep 11 at 2:54
ScottyD
161
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
NIMISHAN
83521119
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
NIMISHAN
83521119
edited Sep 11 at 7:04
NIMISHAN
83521119
83521119
asked Sep 11 at 2:54
ScottyD
161
asked Sep 11 at 2:54
ScottyD
161
asked Sep 11 at 2:54
ScottyD
161
161
You sure you didn't put a space or similar invisible character in the filename?
– muru
Sep 11 at 2:59
Yeah, the filename has no spaces or anything, it's literally program.fs
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:11
Are you in the same directory as the file when you callgforth? Trygforth ./program.fs
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 at 3:35
That resulted in almost the exact same thing, except instead of sayingNo such file or directoryit now saysPermission denied. I thought I've been running as the administrator, but I don't know if that even has anything to do with this.
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:38
Go to the directory and runnamei -lx *, and add the output please.
– muru
Sep 11 at 3:52
|
show 1 more comment
You sure you didn't put a space or similar invisible character in the filename?
– muru
Sep 11 at 2:59
Yeah, the filename has no spaces or anything, it's literally program.fs
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:11
Are you in the same directory as the file when you callgforth? Trygforth ./program.fs
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 at 3:35
That resulted in almost the exact same thing, except instead of sayingNo such file or directoryit now saysPermission denied. I thought I've been running as the administrator, but I don't know if that even has anything to do with this.
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:38
Go to the directory and runnamei -lx *, and add the output please.
– muru
Sep 11 at 3:52
You sure you didn't put a space or similar invisible character in the filename?
– muru
Sep 11 at 2:59
You sure you didn't put a space or similar invisible character in the filename?
– muru
Sep 11 at 2:59
Yeah, the filename has no spaces or anything, it's literally program.fs
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:11
Yeah, the filename has no spaces or anything, it's literally program.fs
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:11
Are you in the same directory as the file when you call
gforth ? Try gforth ./program.fs– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 at 3:35
Are you in the same directory as the file when you call
gforth ? Try gforth ./program.fs– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 at 3:35
That resulted in almost the exact same thing, except instead of saying
No such file or directory it now says Permission denied. I thought I've been running as the administrator, but I don't know if that even has anything to do with this.– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:38
That resulted in almost the exact same thing, except instead of saying
No such file or directory it now says Permission denied. I thought I've been running as the administrator, but I don't know if that even has anything to do with this.– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:38
Go to the directory and run
namei -lx *, and add the output please.– muru
Sep 11 at 3:52
Go to the directory and run
namei -lx *, and add the output please.– muru
Sep 11 at 3:52
|
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The output of namei shows what the problem is: your file exists, but has permissions ----------, meaning it is neither readable, writable nor executable by anyone, including the user who owns the file. Try:
chmod u+rw program.fs
The command ls -l program.fs should then show something like
-rw------- 1 username username 0 Nov 22 14:21 program.fs
The rw means that you have given yourself permission to read and write this file. See e.g. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-file-permission.htm for more info.
answered Nov 22 at 18:26
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The output of namei shows what the problem is: your file exists, but has permissions ----------, meaning it is neither readable, writable nor executable by anyone, including the user who owns the file. Try:
chmod u+rw program.fs
The command ls -l program.fs should then show something like
-rw------- 1 username username 0 Nov 22 14:21 program.fs
The rw means that you have given yourself permission to read and write this file. See e.g. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-file-permission.htm for more info.
answered Nov 22 at 18:26
Peter Selinger
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The output of namei shows what the problem is: your file exists, but has permissions ----------, meaning it is neither readable, writable nor executable by anyone, including the user who owns the file. Try:
chmod u+rw program.fs
The command ls -l program.fs should then show something like
-rw------- 1 username username 0 Nov 22 14:21 program.fs
The rw means that you have given yourself permission to read and write this file. See e.g. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-file-permission.htm for more info.
answered Nov 22 at 18:26
Peter Selinger
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The output of namei shows what the problem is: your file exists, but has permissions ----------, meaning it is neither readable, writable nor executable by anyone, including the user who owns the file. Try:
chmod u+rw program.fs
The command ls -l program.fs should then show something like
-rw------- 1 username username 0 Nov 22 14:21 program.fs
The rw means that you have given yourself permission to read and write this file. See e.g. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-file-permission.htm for more info.
answered Nov 22 at 18:26
Peter Selinger
262
The output of namei shows what the problem is: your file exists, but has permissions ----------, meaning it is neither readable, writable nor executable by anyone, including the user who owns the file. Try:
chmod u+rw program.fs
The command ls -l program.fs should then show something like
-rw------- 1 username username 0 Nov 22 14:21 program.fs
The rw means that you have given yourself permission to read and write this file. See e.g. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-file-permission.htm for more info.
answered Nov 22 at 18:26
Peter Selinger
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answered Nov 22 at 18:26
Peter Selinger
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answered Nov 22 at 18:26
Peter Selinger
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answered Nov 22 at 18:26
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You sure you didn't put a space or similar invisible character in the filename?
– muru
Sep 11 at 2:59
Yeah, the filename has no spaces or anything, it's literally program.fs
– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:11
Are you in the same directory as the file when you call
gforth? Trygforth ./program.fs– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 at 3:35
That resulted in almost the exact same thing, except instead of saying
No such file or directoryit now saysPermission denied. I thought I've been running as the administrator, but I don't know if that even has anything to do with this.– ScottyD
Sep 11 at 3:38
Go to the directory and run
namei -lx *, and add the output please.– muru
Sep 11 at 3:52