OSX CMD File

[adman29]

Hey guys, 

I'm trying to write a script to install multiple DMGs, and PKGs from a specific folder in OSX. Does anyone have experience with this?

Here's what I have so far:

Sudo cp -R /desktop/#installers/Firefox.app /applications &&

Sudo cp -R /desktop/#installers/Google Chrome.app /applications &&

Sudo installer -pkg /desktop/#installers/Install Smart Learning Suite 17.0.pkg -target /applications &&

Sudo installer -pkg /desktop/#installers/Microsoft_Office_2016_15.37.17081500_Volume_Installer.pkg -target /applications &&

Sudo softwareupdate --install 'macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Update- ' &&

Sudo softwareupdate --install 'iTunesX (12.8)' &&

Sudo shutdown -r now

Whenever the script is run, I recieve this error:

No such File or Directory

[vanished]

Do you need to put your paths in quotes "like this"?  That would be my first guess.  Does it tell you what file or directory it thinks you've asked for?  That would help you figure out what the problem is.  Just saying it's not found doesn't really help

 

Edit: might also be that sudo is capitalized.  iirc Mac OS's file system is (or at least can be) case sensitive and the sudo command isn't capitalized.  IF that's it though it should have given you a "Command not recognized" error or something like that.

Edited August 4, 2018 by Ryan_Vickers

[79wjd]

It's 'desktop/file.txt' or '~/Desktop/file.txt'.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Whenever you do a / at the beginning, the shell is going to start at root, not at the directory the script launched from. So you either need to provide an absolute path to add a period to the beginning of those paths. e.g.,

 

Sudo cp -R ./desktop/#installers/Firefox.app ./applications &&

-- OR --

Sudo cp -R /home/[username]/desktop/#installers/Firefox.app /home/[username]/applications &&

-- OR (if everything is in the home directory) --

Sudo cp -R ~/desktop/#installers/Firefox.app ~/applications &&

Also macOS, since it's supposed to be UNIX, may be case sensitive. But if those have worked with other arguments then carry on.

Edited August 6, 2018 by M.Yurizaki
Forgot to change the second argument.