What permissions are required for "Run Script" during a build phase?

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In the "Run Script" build phase of my project, everything works if I type in the script into the text box for "run script" in build phases.

But to make editing / diffing etc easier, I thought I would save the script as a file as part of my project, and just fill in the path in the text box instead:

Eg: I paste the following path in the text box.

/Users/superman/Documents/Projects/SomeProject/scriptname.sh

But when I try to build this, I get a "Permission Denied" message.

What can I do to fix this? If I cut/paste the actual code, then it just "works". My user account is an administrator account. No one else uses my machine.

score 82 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '13 at 15:33

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You can simplify your Xcode project file a little further and not require the "bin/sh " in front of the script name.

To avoid this, you need to turn on "execute" permissions for users (Xcode in this case) of the file.

Steps

Go into terminal
Navigate to where your script is
run chmod 755 yourScriptName.sh

answered Oct 22 '13 at 15:33

Scott

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I think this answer should be marked as correct because it is addressing the core of the issue. A runnable script file should be marked as executable. – r-dent Dec 12 '16 at 18:58
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simple but effective :) – MBH Oct 14 '17 at 14:06
That saved my time! – Sazzad Hissain Khan Dec 29 '21 at 07:37

score 39 · Answer 2 · edited May 01 '15 at 15:47

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Put /bin/sh in front of the path to the script name.

/bin/sh /Users/superman/Documents/Projects/SomeProject/scriptname.sh

edited May 01 '15 at 15:47

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answered Apr 24 '12 at 19:34

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score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '15 at 09:26

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Just use

chmod u+x nameofscript.sh

Thats it .

answered Jul 09 '15 at 09:26

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Tunvir Rahman Tusher · Answer 4 · 2019-10-28T04:38:12.780

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Simple Steps:

Go to the <your_Script>.sh via cd <Your_Path_To_.sh_File>
Run chmod +x <your_file>.sh

Thats it

edited Oct 28 '19 at 04:38

answered Oct 28 '19 at 04:20

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What permissions are required for "Run Script" during a build phase?

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