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    anhanyoung
    last edited by Mar 7, 2019, 12:04 AM

    Hey guys,

    So I am using Cowboydude’s module for the PIR sensor to turn off and on the mirror. Following the instructions here

    https://www.magicmirrorcentral.com/pir-sensor-raspberry-pi-magic-mirror/

    When I typed in “sudo chmod +x pir.py”, it says the directory or file cannot be found. I know it says to install it in the root folder but I do not know how to do that. So I improvised and used sudo mv after installing it into /root. I do not know if that would provide the same results. Could anyone give me some guidance?

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      sdetweil @anhanyoung
      last edited by Mar 7, 2019, 12:08 AM

      @anhanyoung said in PIR Sensor Install Problems:

      sudo mv after installing it into /roo

      mv is move… where did you move it to? if not in root…

      installing in root is either copy (cp) from somewhere else to / (root)
      or editing there with nano, vi, gedit or whatever editor you like or use

      root is really a bad place… but easy to find ls /

      Sam

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        anhanyoung @sdetweil
        last edited by Mar 7, 2019, 1:27 AM

        @sdetweil so i should use cp? i moved it to /root

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          sdetweil @anhanyoung
          last edited by Mar 7, 2019, 1:59 AM

          @anhanyoung move (mv) moves single instance around

          Copy(cp) make another instance in another location.

          Depends on what u want to do.

          Sam

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