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Can't upload GitHub artifacts "EACCES: permission denied, stat"

I'm encountering an issue while attempting to upload the artifacts of my C app on I built on Windows using msys2, when trying to access the soft.exe file. The error message I'm receiving is:

Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat 'D:\a\softbochs\softbochs\build\soft.exe'

Here is my upload artifact part of my GitHub actions YML :

      - name: Upload artifact
        uses: actions/[email protected]
        with:
          name: softbochs
          path: D:\a\softbochs\softbochs\build\

I've checked the file path, and the file does exist in the specified location. However, it seems like there's a permission issue preventing access to the file.

What could be causing this error, and how can I resolve it?

Solution

  • After experimenting extensively, I've devised a very hacky solution to this issue. By compressing the project using tar -czvf softbochs.tar.gz ./build, I successfully compressed the project which in turn adjusted the permissions automatically. Subsequently, I uploaded the resulting artifacts via the path: D:\a\softbochs\softbochs\softbochs.tar.gz.