saving documents in subdirectories

[skibender]

I have a number of Excel documents saved in subdirectories within
Documents. When I open one of these files and edit it and try to save,
it says: Microsoft Excel cannot access the file Microsoft
HD:Users:donlowocuments:filename

In other words, I can only save documents (Excel or Word) under the
main folder "Documents". Then I have to rename it something else but
still have the orig file in a sub directory. Additionally, if i create
a new doc, i am unable to save it in a subdirectory.

How do i fix this? All the files are "read and write".

 

[Jean-Claude Arbaut]

Le 16/06/2005 07:45, dans
(e-mail address removed),

I have a number of Excel documents saved in subdirectories within
Documents. When I open one of these files and edit it and try to save,
it says: Microsoft Excel cannot access the file Microsoft
HD:Users:donlowocuments:filename

In other words, I can only save documents (Excel or Word) under the
main folder "Documents". Then I have to rename it something else but
still have the orig file in a sub directory. Additionally, if i create
a new doc, i am unable to save it in a subdirectory.

How do i fix this? All the files are "read and write".

It's very likely a problem of folder "right". You can
change rights in Terminal, for example:

chmod 644 file
chmod 755 folder

If you use zsh, you could do

"""
cd Documents
chmod -v 755 ./**/
"""

If you use another shell, then

"""
cd Documents
zsh -c 'chmod -v 755 ./**/
"""

If this really is the problem, it's just that you have
not sufficient privilege to write in your folders.
It may happen when you uncompress an archive or if
you copy folders from a CDROM.
Just read "man chmod".