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Posted by Michael Montalvo
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Michael Montalvo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 11,976 Points

Errno::EACCES: Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - css/style.css

I'm having trouble getting the sass --watch scss:css to work on my computer. Can anyone help me? Here's what I get when I do the sass --watch scss:css command:

PS C:\Users\username\lake-tahoe> sass --watch scss:css
>>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.
Errno::EACCES: Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - css/style.css
  Use --trace for backtrace.

Here's what I get when I run a --trace:

PS C:\Users\username\lake-tahoe> sass --watch scss:css --trace
>>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.
C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:512:in `initialize': Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - css/style.css (Errno::EACCES)
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:512:in `open'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:512:in `write_file'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:501:in `update_stylesheet'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:215:in `block in update_stylesheets'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:209:in `each'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:209:in `update_stylesheets'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:293:in `watch'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/plugin.rb:108:in `method_missing'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/exec/sass_scss.rb:381:in `watch_or_update'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/exec/sass_scss.rb:51:in `process_result'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/exec/base.rb:52:in `parse'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/lib/sass/exec/base.rb:19:in `parse!'
        from C:/Ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/sass-4.0.0.alpha.1/bin/sass:13:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/Ruby24/bin/sass:23:in `load'
        from C:/Ruby24/bin/sass:23:in `<main>'
Andrew Hale
Andrew Hale
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Andrew Hale
Andrew Hale
10,925 Points

I'm not sure what your file structure looks like, so can't answer on specifics. For instance, if your sass and css files are in different directories.

But you need to specify the file name to watch for.

Your code should look like: 

sass --watch style.scss:style.css
Michael Montalvo
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Michael Montalvo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 11,976 Points

Alright, I figured it out. I had the project folder on my desktop. I ended up just putting it flat out in C:\ and everything seems to be working now. /shrug. Thanks though!