To be precise: execute access, not write access. However, neither that nor deleting the dir gives the exact "Operation not permitted" error.
-pd > On 19 Feb 2024, at 10:43 , Jeroen Ooms <jeroeno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I wanted to see the options to R CMD INSTALL, and was surprised to see >> this output: >> >> $ R CMD INSTALL --help >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> Error in tools:::.install_packages() : >> current working directory cannot be ascertained >> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access >> parent directories: Operation not permitted >> >> I installed R from CRAN, and am not running the current version: I'm >> still on 4.3.1, with OS also kind of old: Monterey 12.7.3, so I was >> surprised by this. Is anyone else seeing it? >> > > This happens when you don't have write access in the current dir: > > mkdir /tmp/test > cd /tmp/test > chmod 0 . > R CMD INSTALL --help > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
