[R-SIG-Mac] Permission issues running R in terminal

[Duncan Murdoch]

Yes, that was it.  Thanks!

Duncan

On 19/02/2024 4:28 a.m., peter dalgaard wrote:
> I have the same setup, and not seeing this. That is, _unless_ I try from a shell running in a deleted diretory:
> 
> Peters-iMac:BUILD-dist pd$  R CMD INSTALL --help
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
> ...
> 
> (because BUILD-dist is wiped and re-created by the automatic builds, but the shell still refers to the unlinked directory.)
> 
> -pd
> 
>> On 18 Feb 2024, at 23:57 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I wanted to see the options to R CMD INSTALL, and was surprised to see this output:
>>
>> $ R CMD INSTALL --help
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>> Error in tools:::.install_packages() :
>>   current working directory cannot be ascertained
>> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
>>
>> I installed R from CRAN, and am not running the current version:  I'm still on 4.3.1, with OS also kind of old:  Monterey 12.7.3, so I was surprised by this.  Is anyone else seeing it?
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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