Do you own the script file? # ls -l scriptname -rwxr-xr-x 1 richard richard 256 Feb 4 12:16 filename See the richard richard columns. The first is the owner, second is the group. To change both to your name use: # chown yourname:yourname scriptname Then do ls -l to confirm owner/group If the script was created under some other user then you may not be able to change permission/owner unless your root. To make the file executable: chmod +x scriptname If the directory path that contains the script is not in PATH variable (echo $PATH) then use ./yourscript to execute it. Richard -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben Yau Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 4:41 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Bash script help > > > Hi, > > I want to write a bash script to copy my bookmarks, addressbook > and mbox files from Mozilla on Linux to Mozilla on Windows. I started > with this but it keeps giving me a Permission denied error. > Have you run the commands manually (outside of the script) to see if it works? You can also use the "-x" after the shell declaration and the script will give you verbose output and tell you everything it is doing as it's going.. That might help you nail down where the problem is. #!/bin/sh -x -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
