Expert: Jeff Laatsch - 8/25/2009

Question
when i go to ssh secure shell client and login with my pass and type these commands
$cp /pub/cis/wbeaver/availcredit01.cpp
and i press enter
then
$ ls enter
$ script avilcredit01.lst enter
$ cat availcredit01.cpp enter
$ aCC -AA availcredit01/cpp -o availcredit01 enter
$ availcredit01 enter
$ exit
$lp -diclpr2 availcredit01.lst enter
$ exit enter
when i type the cat command it says it cant open availcreditcredit01.cpp no such file or directory
what is the problem? did i type something wrong? what do i need to do?

Answer
Raymond:

It is because of two possible reasons:

1. YOur current working directory is not the same when you did the CP command.

When you typed the "ls -al" command (Assuming you are in Unix/Linux) you should see the "availcredit01.cpp file.  If not then it did not copy over.

You also have some other typo errors:

$ script avilcredit01.lst enter

then you $lp -diclpr2 availcredit01.lst enter

I think it should be avilcredit01.lst, right?

Here is what I recommend:

1. $ pwd
(find out where current working directory is)

2. $ cp /pub/cis/wbeaver/availcredit01.cpp   /xxx/xxx/xxx/xxxx  where x is the absolute pathname to your current working directory. This way you are sure to copy it to the right spot.

3. (in current working directory): $ ls -al availcredit01.cpp
YOu should see the file and the permissions on file.
4. $ chmod 777 availcredit01.cpp (Opens up permissions on file).
5. $ cat availcredit01.cpp|more
Will show you file, but in page format to make it readable.

Then try your other commands ALWAYS check your working directory and permissions!
> pwd  and use of ls -al command.

Kind Regards,
Jeff