chmod o+x No Such file while it exists

doorstudio · 09-08-2019, 05:31 PM

hi guys

am still a beginner on linux thats really true may Allah help me in solving this issue
who am i?
a student in FCI Cairo university 3rd level
the archived file :

Quote:

/Downloads/flutter_linux_v1.7.8+hotfix.4-stable.tar.xz

tells me No such File while it exists
and i searched the web but no way till now
hope that this community helps that's all
yours Samer El-Daoor
sorry this issue is over and finally finished successfully but i don't know where to tell this forum that this issue finished sorry again

scasey · 09-08-2019, 06:46 PM

Are you working in a terminal or at the console?
Are you sure you don't mean

Code:

~/Downloads/flutter_linux_v1.7.8+hotfix.4-stable.tar.xz

?

Maybe show us the result of

Code:

ls -l ~/Downloads

Firerat · 09-08-2019, 07:01 PM

/Downloads/

as @scasey pointed out

you started with /
which is the root of the filesystem

~/
is a short way of typing
/home/yourusername/

~/Downloads
/home/yourusername/Downloads

are the same thing.

the other point is

Code:

chmod o+x ~/somefile

flags the file as executable by everyone ( any user can "run" them
archive files like those ending .tar.xz and not programs and cannot run

what are you trying to do with that file?

doorstudio · 09-08-2019, 07:03 PM

when doing s -l ~/Downloads
it tells me ls: cannot access '/root/Downloads': No such file or directory
Thanks to Allah

scasey · 09-08-2019, 07:07 PM

Why do you think the file exists if everything you've done is telling you it doesn't?

rtmistler · 09-08-2019, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doorstudio

when doing s -l ~/Downloads
it tells me ls: cannot access '/root/Downloads': No such file or directory

Perhaps you should identify your Linux distribution as well as indicate if you're logged in as root, or another username.

Other suggestion is to type these commands, copy all of the information from your command prompt, including the parts where you typed these commands, and post that here:

Code:

$ whoami
$ cd $HOME
$ pwd
$ ls
$ cd Downloads
$ ls-l

scasey · 09-08-2019, 07:55 PM

In addition to what rtmistler suggested* it occurs to me that if you’re looking in Downloads, you are probably using a browser, which you typically wouldn’t (shouldn’t) do as root.

*there’s a typo in their post...should be

Code:

ls -l

ondoho · 09-09-2019, 02:53 PM

are you root? why?

Code:

whoami

...and possibly:

Code:

exit
whoami