nice can't cd?

deathsfriend99 · 08-16-2010, 02:16 PM

I updated my CentOS system and suddenly nice can't cd.

nice -n -18 cd orangebox/ && ./srcds_run -game cstrike -ip 111.111.111.111 -port 27015 -maxplayers 15 -tickrate 66 +fps_max 550 +map de_dust2 +servercfgfile server.cfg +tv_enable 1 +tv_maxclients 15 +tv_port 27020

nice: cd: Permission denied
if I run it as su I get:
nice: cd: No such file or directory

This syntax used to work.

AlucardZero · 08-16-2010, 02:45 PM

Quote:

This syntax used to work.

Ummmm, are you sure? "cd" is a shell builtin. You can't nice shell builtins (or do some other things with them). So you must have been doing it differently, or doing something else.

nice the srcds_run command instead.

deathsfriend99 · 08-17-2010, 07:28 AM

Yes, you're right. The startup command changed. I didn't used to have to cd to orangebox in order to srcds_run, but steam has changed the directory structure on Couter-Strike: Source.

nuwen52 · 08-17-2010, 07:49 AM

I don't know if this will work, but you could try encasing the commands in a shell, like:

Code:

nice -n -18 sh -c "cd /tmp;touch this_file.txt"

i92guboj · 08-17-2010, 08:43 AM

I don't get the point of nice'ing "cd" at all (because that's what you are doing). '&&' is a shell control operator and it is catch by your shell, it is not interpreted by nice (in fact, it doesn't even reach nice at all, in case that was your intention). Maybe you meant this instead:

Code:

cd foo && nice -n -18 ./srcds_run <whatever_else>

Or even:

Code:

nice sh -c 'cd /foo && ./srcds_run <whatever_else>

But, as said, niceing cd is completely irrelevant, it's an instantaneous command that just runs and gets you into a directory, it's not like it'll be running for two hours or wasting cpu time at all.....