Question

First off I am very very new to shell scripting. I am trying to write a script that takes in one parameter and then copies a folder in a different directory naming it using the parameter. This is the current code that I have:

#!/bin/sh
cd /var/www/html/fbplugin/chrome
sudo mkdir temp/$1
sudo cp -rf "/var/www/html/fbplugin/chrome/fbplugin" "/var/www/html/fbplugin/chrome/temp/$1"

When I run this code it says can’t cd to /var/www/html/fbplugin/chrome. I’m not sure why it is saying this because I know the directory exists. I have copied the line directly and it works in terminal. If anyone could help me out that would be great.

If it matters in order to run the script I am typing “sh build.sh”

Answer 1

If that directory really exists, then you must have executed that script with a different user (cron, webserver, etc).

Check the rights for that directory.