Error while downloading the source code from google app engine

Question

I am using the following command :

appcfg.py download_app -A <application-id> -V <application-version> <output-dir>

It then asks me for googleusername and password .

But after that it says

Unable to create directory /templates/<file name>: permission denied

It says this for all the files which need to be downloaded.

I have been given ownership of the application as well.

Answer 1

Check the permission for the user by which you are running the appcfg.py .

When you download the app it will create templates directory to store all templates for that app. This error shows that user has no permission to create file on those directory.