I see that error 13 is a permissions issue. I’m looking at this page "How to enable the root user on your Mac or change your root password” https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012
which I haven’t yet figured out… So, I suppose, lab admins would have to enable root user to install my application? Peter > On Mar 27, 2019, at 11:45 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I get "can't create that directory (13)” > > The challenge is to write a pref file to a non-user directory so the file is > available to all users in a lab setting. > > Peter > >> On Mar 27, 2019, at 11:36 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: >> >> Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> >>> In attempting to create this folder in MacOS: >>> >>> put specialFolderpath("asup") & “/My Folder" into tURL >>> >>> [which yields tURL: /Library/Application Support/My Folder ] >>> >>> create folder tURL >>> >>> returns a result: can't create that directory >>> >>> >>> Why the error? >> >> All file I/O is best accompanied with an error check. If that includes a >> call to sysError you'll see exactly what the OS is trying to tell you. >> >> create folder tURL >> if the result is not empty then >> answer the result &" ("& sysError() &")" >> exit to top >> end if >> >> >> I'd wager permissions. /Library is a system folder. >> /Users/<username>/Library should be writable, though. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com <mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com> >> <mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com <mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> >> http://www.FourthWorld.com <http://www.fourthworld.com/> >> <http://www.fourthworld.com/ <http://www.fourthworld.com/>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
