I am trying to create file in vs code and this file is note creating in my current dir and it give the error like this
Permission denied writing to file (file:///home/tentron/hello-world/src/app/courses.component.ts)
I am using linux mint
when I try to open code as root user (sudo code "folder_name" <-|)
it gave me warning like this
You are trying to start vscode as a super user which is not recommended. If you really want to, you must specify an alternate user data directory using the --user-data-dir argument.
I can't understand this ' --user-data-dir argument '
and how to use it
As vscode, I don't recommend you to launch code as super user, but here is how:
sudo code --user-data-dir=/enter/path/here/
bear in mind that that the given dir will populate with a lot of vscode files and folders.
However, I would first check if you have writing permissions on the file you want to write/edit. In linux you can try sudo chmod 766 file_name that should give any user write permission.