just run from terminal ls -la
if you don’t see VCTTolls there then it’s not there, obviously as far as I remember when you upgrade to 10.15 all not system folders in the root were moved to the folder /Users/Shared/Relocated Items also you should check folder /System/Volumes/Data not /Volumes/ /System/Volumes/Data - is a mounting point to the volume "Macintosh HD - Data” hope it will help dm > On Jun 27, 2021, at 12:59 PM, Neill Smith <nssmith2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In response to Dimitry I ran the following in Terminal > > Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ ls -la /VCTTools > > ls: /VCTTools: No such file or directory > > Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ xattr /VCTTools > > xattr: No such file: /VCTTools > > > Did I do this correctly? > > Neill > On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 12:36:17 PM UTC-4 Neill Smith wrote: > Further information. I suspect you all are correct about a security file > system problem. > > As I noted earlier, the BBEdit script HydroV_dbg.scpt is invoked from within > BBEdit from a GEO file. The BBEdit SCPT file in turn invokes the AppleScript > file hdbgsub.sh. This script file runs a compiled program HydroV that reads > the GEO file and outputs a slew of files that are then used by other compiled > programs. > > The reason for executing the GEO file from within BBEdit is to make sure it > is correct. Part of the BBEdit SCPT file opens the OUT file produced by > HydroV so that it can be checked. > > Once a GEO file is correct, a number of Matlab programs use it. These Matlab > codes directly run the AppleScript file hdbgsub.sh with the GEO file as the > input. Other programs are then run under Matlab from the output files that > are created by running the GEO file. > > Now the Matlab file that runs the AppleScript SH file hdbgsub.sh directly is > called rung.m > This file works under either the Mac OS or the Win OS. A piece of the code > from rungeo.m is shown below. > > if ismac > > slash = '/'; > > root = 'bash '; > > ext = '.sh'; > > else > > slash = '\'; > > root = 'C:'; > > ext = ''; > > end > > [Hstat Hmsg] = > system([root,slash,'VCTTools',slash,'bat',slash,'hdbgsub',ext,' ',filename]); > > > > Basically, this snippet either calls hdbgsub.sh or hdbgsub.bat depending on > the OS. > > This is a long winded way to get to my new info. > > I directly ran rungeo.m so that it would go directly to hdbgsub.sh. I got the > following message. > > bash: /VCTTools/bat/hsub.sh: No such file or directory > > If I try to CD from my test directory to /VCTTools directly I get > > K>> cd > > /Users/neillsmith/NSS_Office/Veh/Low_Re_Tests > > 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. > > So what is the best fix that doesn't involve a lot of path edits and break > the simple SVN update process? > > I really appreciate all of your help. > > Neill > On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 10:58:45 AM UTC-4 Neill Smith wrote: > In reply to Rich, I executed a Terminal command that I found online yesterday > to get back to bash. The response that I got was "No changes" so I don't know > if I am running bash or not. How do I tell? > > Will respond to other responses later. Gotta go get sick wife breakfast. > > Thanks, > > Neill > > On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 10:34:51 AM UTC-4 Neill Smith 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 <nssmi...@gmail.com <>>: >> > >> 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 "sup...@barebones.com <>" >> rather than posting here. 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