im trying to change permissions on a txt file founded in directory X While im in the directory Y
kosay_sabbah@DESKTOP-87R0T4M:~/Kosay/grp2$ chmod 777 3.txt chmod: cannot access '3.txt': No such file or directory
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Answer
You should use absolute or relative file path. For example you have file1.txt
in directory /directory1/
– absolute file path is /directory1/file1.txt
. If your current path is /directory2/
, you can run chmod
for file1.txt in two ways:
Using relative path –
chmod ../directory1/file1.txt
Using absolute path –
chmod /directory1/file1.txt