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My working directory is /data/local/tmp.



I create and push a shell script file here named get_meminfo.sh.



The core function of it is record the RSS usage and save as a log file, like this: rss_res >> rss.log



But now I find a problem: I can run the script file when I enter the android shell, like ./get_meminfo.sh, and I can see the log file created in the path.



However when I try to run it from adb, like: adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh, it will get an error: can't create file, read-only file system!










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  • can you paste output of this command "adb shell id" and after you enter adb shell then execute "id" output on my machine is same for both commands uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) ls -la /data/local/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 2018-11-22 12:27 . drwxrwx--x 38 system system 4096 2018-11-23 12:57 .. drwxrwx--x 2 shell shell 4096 2018-11-23 16:14 tmp shell:shell has write permission in /data/local/tmp/ so ideally you should be able to execute

    – nkalra0123
    Nov 23 '18 at 10:52
















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My working directory is /data/local/tmp.



I create and push a shell script file here named get_meminfo.sh.



The core function of it is record the RSS usage and save as a log file, like this: rss_res >> rss.log



But now I find a problem: I can run the script file when I enter the android shell, like ./get_meminfo.sh, and I can see the log file created in the path.



However when I try to run it from adb, like: adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh, it will get an error: can't create file, read-only file system!










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  • can you paste output of this command "adb shell id" and after you enter adb shell then execute "id" output on my machine is same for both commands uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) ls -la /data/local/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 2018-11-22 12:27 . drwxrwx--x 38 system system 4096 2018-11-23 12:57 .. drwxrwx--x 2 shell shell 4096 2018-11-23 16:14 tmp shell:shell has write permission in /data/local/tmp/ so ideally you should be able to execute

    – nkalra0123
    Nov 23 '18 at 10:52














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My working directory is /data/local/tmp.



I create and push a shell script file here named get_meminfo.sh.



The core function of it is record the RSS usage and save as a log file, like this: rss_res >> rss.log



But now I find a problem: I can run the script file when I enter the android shell, like ./get_meminfo.sh, and I can see the log file created in the path.



However when I try to run it from adb, like: adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh, it will get an error: can't create file, read-only file system!










share|improve this question
















My working directory is /data/local/tmp.



I create and push a shell script file here named get_meminfo.sh.



The core function of it is record the RSS usage and save as a log file, like this: rss_res >> rss.log



But now I find a problem: I can run the script file when I enter the android shell, like ./get_meminfo.sh, and I can see the log file created in the path.



However when I try to run it from adb, like: adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh, it will get an error: can't create file, read-only file system!







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edited Nov 24 '18 at 4:39









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  • can you paste output of this command "adb shell id" and after you enter adb shell then execute "id" output on my machine is same for both commands uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) ls -la /data/local/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 2018-11-22 12:27 . drwxrwx--x 38 system system 4096 2018-11-23 12:57 .. drwxrwx--x 2 shell shell 4096 2018-11-23 16:14 tmp shell:shell has write permission in /data/local/tmp/ so ideally you should be able to execute

    – nkalra0123
    Nov 23 '18 at 10:52



















  • can you paste output of this command "adb shell id" and after you enter adb shell then execute "id" output on my machine is same for both commands uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) ls -la /data/local/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 2018-11-22 12:27 . drwxrwx--x 38 system system 4096 2018-11-23 12:57 .. drwxrwx--x 2 shell shell 4096 2018-11-23 16:14 tmp shell:shell has write permission in /data/local/tmp/ so ideally you should be able to execute

    – nkalra0123
    Nov 23 '18 at 10:52

















can you paste output of this command "adb shell id" and after you enter adb shell then execute "id" output on my machine is same for both commands uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) ls -la /data/local/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 2018-11-22 12:27 . drwxrwx--x 38 system system 4096 2018-11-23 12:57 .. drwxrwx--x 2 shell shell 4096 2018-11-23 16:14 tmp shell:shell has write permission in /data/local/tmp/ so ideally you should be able to execute

– nkalra0123
Nov 23 '18 at 10:52





can you paste output of this command "adb shell id" and after you enter adb shell then execute "id" output on my machine is same for both commands uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) ls -la /data/local/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 2018-11-22 12:27 . drwxrwx--x 38 system system 4096 2018-11-23 12:57 .. drwxrwx--x 2 shell shell 4096 2018-11-23 16:14 tmp shell:shell has write permission in /data/local/tmp/ so ideally you should be able to execute

– nkalra0123
Nov 23 '18 at 10:52












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It seems that you do not quite understand the concept of the current working dirtectory.



The rss_res >> rss.log command creates rss.log in the current working dirtectory. Which in case of the following command sequence is /data/local/tmp:



adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./get_meminfo.sh


So rss.log gets created in /data/local/tmp which is world writable.



But in case of adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh the cwd is the / root folder. Which is not writable and the command fails.



The easiest way to mitigate that is to use the absolute path for your log file inside of your script like this rss_res >> /data/local/tmp/rss.log






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  • Very thanks! It totally solved my problem.

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It seems that you do not quite understand the concept of the current working dirtectory.



The rss_res >> rss.log command creates rss.log in the current working dirtectory. Which in case of the following command sequence is /data/local/tmp:



adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./get_meminfo.sh


So rss.log gets created in /data/local/tmp which is world writable.



But in case of adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh the cwd is the / root folder. Which is not writable and the command fails.



The easiest way to mitigate that is to use the absolute path for your log file inside of your script like this rss_res >> /data/local/tmp/rss.log






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  • Very thanks! It totally solved my problem.

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    Nov 25 '18 at 10:06
















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It seems that you do not quite understand the concept of the current working dirtectory.



The rss_res >> rss.log command creates rss.log in the current working dirtectory. Which in case of the following command sequence is /data/local/tmp:



adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./get_meminfo.sh


So rss.log gets created in /data/local/tmp which is world writable.



But in case of adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh the cwd is the / root folder. Which is not writable and the command fails.



The easiest way to mitigate that is to use the absolute path for your log file inside of your script like this rss_res >> /data/local/tmp/rss.log






share|improve this answer
























  • Very thanks! It totally solved my problem.

    – Fangyuan Tan
    Nov 25 '18 at 10:06














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It seems that you do not quite understand the concept of the current working dirtectory.



The rss_res >> rss.log command creates rss.log in the current working dirtectory. Which in case of the following command sequence is /data/local/tmp:



adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./get_meminfo.sh


So rss.log gets created in /data/local/tmp which is world writable.



But in case of adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh the cwd is the / root folder. Which is not writable and the command fails.



The easiest way to mitigate that is to use the absolute path for your log file inside of your script like this rss_res >> /data/local/tmp/rss.log






share|improve this answer













It seems that you do not quite understand the concept of the current working dirtectory.



The rss_res >> rss.log command creates rss.log in the current working dirtectory. Which in case of the following command sequence is /data/local/tmp:



adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./get_meminfo.sh


So rss.log gets created in /data/local/tmp which is world writable.



But in case of adb shell /data/local/tmp/get_meminfo.sh the cwd is the / root folder. Which is not writable and the command fails.



The easiest way to mitigate that is to use the absolute path for your log file inside of your script like this rss_res >> /data/local/tmp/rss.log







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  • Very thanks! It totally solved my problem.

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Very thanks! It totally solved my problem.

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Very thanks! It totally solved my problem.

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