# LoadError: IOError: mkdir("./../output"; mode=0o777): permission denied (EACCES)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, jld2, io
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222 "2021-11-09T20:08:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Amro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222/1 "2021-11-09T20:08:30Z")

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I was using `JLD2` package to save my data properly as below:

```julia
save("path/to/file.jld2", "N", N)

```

now I started to have this error:

```julia
ERROR: LoadError: IOError: mkdir("./../output"; mode=0o777): permission denied (EACCES)
Stacktrace:

```

Any idea why?

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### Author: ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222/2 "2021-11-09T20:09:24Z")

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Based on the error, perhaps you don’t have permission to create that directory?

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### Author: ![Amro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222/3 "2021-11-09T20:11:10Z")

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I was using it before properly. Do you know how can I create a permission now?

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### Author: ![Amro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222/4 "2021-11-09T20:19:01Z")

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@StefanKarpinski  
I created new directory but the problem is still existing

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### Author: ![Amro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-ioerror-mkdir-output-mode-0o777-permission-denied-eacces/71222/5 "2021-11-09T20:28:53Z")

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Another new problem (which was not existed)

```julia
S = load("./../output/record.jld2", "S");

ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: No file exists at given path: ./../MyApp/record.jld2
Stacktrace:

```

Although the file is existed:

 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/f/ef71edc48442f732a385f6e4ca9dd70491b2a4ee.png)
