Re: Create in a root directory (Linux)

["M. Strobel" <strobel@example.com>]

On 29.10.2015 08:00, comicfanzine@gmail.com wrote:
> Le mercredi 28 octobre 2015 18:31:29 UTC+1, comicf...@gmail.com a écrit :
>> Hi ,
>> I want to create a file in a root directory : "/"
>> And of course i am root . How can i proceed ? i always get the error : "permission denied" .
>>
>> Here is the code that i tried :
>>
>> [code]WITH Ada.Text_IO ;  USE Ada.Text_IO ; 
>>
>> PROCEDURE TestFichier IS
>>
>>    MonFichier : File_type ; 
>>    
>> BEGIN 
>>    Create( MonFichier,Name => " /clone.adb");
>>    close(MonFichier);
>> END TestFichier ;
> 
> Solved ! The solution was to execute the program in the terminal with "sudo" . That didn't work because i had execute the program from scite(my IDE) , and he don't recognize sudo .
> 

And, by the way, as an admin on Linux I would (in general) never allow such files on
my systems' root directory. There are quite some "standards" and a lot of best
practices telling where putting which files is best done.

/Str.