Hi, I tried to package the factor IDE using Docker on linux. That's why the directory was read only. In order for me to be able to package the IDE successfully, I need to be able to get factor to work properly when its directory is read only.
Regards, Tim On 01/29/2017 10:55 AM, Alexander Ilin wrote: > Hello, Tim! > > 29.01.2017, 12:35, "Timothy Hobbs" <timo...@hobbs.cz>: >> I tried to follow >> http://docs.factorcode.org/content/article-first-program-start.html and >> >> "palindrome" scaffold-work >> >> Tries to write to the "factor-install-dir/work" directory. This failed, >> because that directory was read only. Is work the only directory that >> factor tries to write to? Can I change the path to the work directory? > First of all, there are other scaffold-* words, which will write to other > respective directories. It is entirely up to you whether to use those words, > or not. By calling those words you are explicitly asking Factor to create new > files in its subfolders. > > Second, I'm sure there are some unit-tests that would create temporary > files. You don't have to run those, unless you make changes to the Factor > itself (if you do, you need full write access anyway). > > To have write permissions to the work folder, you could make it a symbolic > link to a location that you prefer, like something in your home directory. > > You could avoid using all of the above and create your own folder wherever > you want, add it to the global .factor-roots file, and put your new vocabs in > there instead of the work directory. > > http://docs.factorcode.org/content/article-vocabs.roots.html > http://docs.factorcode.org/content/article-.factor-roots.html > > Question: why was the work directory read-only? What OS are you on? > > ---=====--- > Александр > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
