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Hi guys, i'm trying to make a file called 'run-all-tests' executable but it is not letting me for some reason. I am presented with the following error: chmod: cannot access `./run-tests': No such file or directory

Basically i have a folder called ex3 and within that there are task folders: task1.2 task1.3 etc etc. and each of these tasks have a java program. I have made a run-tests file in each of these task folders:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
set -v
java {name of program}

I then created a run-all-tests file in the ex3 folder with following contents:

Code:

#!bin/bash
for task in task*
do
   echo "========================="
   echo "Task $task"
   echo "--------------------------------------"
   (cd $task; ./run-tests) 2>&1
done | less

I then ran chmod +x ./run-tests and it didnt work.

Any help?

Kind regards

Shyam

Sometimes you're saying run-tests and sometimes you're saying run-all-tests. Make sure you have that straight.

No you dont understand. I saved files by the name run-tests in each task folder, but then i want to run all the tests at once so i created a run-all-tests in the ex3 folder where all the task folders are. Then i tried to make it executeable but doesnt work

Code:

chmod +x ./run-tests  # try to remove the slash from there and then try

like this -> chmod 777 run-tests

But in your post you're running chmod on ./run-tests, not on ./run-all-tests. Make sure you have this straight. chmod +x ./run-all-tests

No no no. 777 is never a good idea. If +x didn't find the file 777 won't find it either, anyway.

i did that but it doesnt run all the programs. it still says u do not have permission ...etc

You have to be very specific and very exact. I can't guess what you're doing or even what program is producing what error message from the vague things you're telling me. Run these things:

Code:

ls -l
chmod +x ./run-all-scripts
./run-all-scripts

...and tell me exactly what they print, in what order. Copy-paste it if you can.