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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers ls command gives "Not a directory" error message Post 302465656 by sreeharshasn on Saturday 23rd of October 2010 08:03:09 AM
Old 10-23-2010
ls command gives "Not a directory" error message

The operating system is Solaris. There is a perl interpreter that is located at /opt/perl5.10.0/perl. when i give
ls -ltr /opt/perl5.10.0/perl
I get an error message saying that "/opt/perl5.10.0/perl Not a directory"
At the next instant when i give the same command it lists the properties of the file. For the next 12 minutes or so ls -ltr /opt/perl5.10.0/perl produces no error message. After 12 minutes, the server seems to forget the path /opt/perl5.10.0/perl [i.e when i give ls -ltr /opt/perl5.10.0/perl after 12 minutes it gives an error message Not a directory.]

I have a perl script that is run from autosys. This script makes use of the above perl interpreter. The job fails for the first time and then runs for second time and goes to success for the above mentioned reason. Can someone please help me find out the cause of the problem and shed some light on the solution.
Smilie
This problem is quite funny and I have not come across this error message for ls command when i googled.
 

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PM_WHICH(1p)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					      PM_WHICH(1p)

NAME
pm_which - find installed modules SYNOPSIS
pm_which [ options ] module(s) Returns the path to the given module(s) OPTIONS -q, --quiet Just print paths -p, --paths Just convert the module name into a relative path -a, --all Print all paths, not just the first one found -n, --namespace Print all modules in the given namespace -m Only print module names, not paths -V Show module version -I libpath Add a path to search (like perl -I) -d, --dump Dump paths that would be searched (@INC by default) -h, --help Print this message -v, --version Print version information - Read modules from stdin, one per line DESCRIPTION
This tool reports the locations of installed perl modules. By default it lists the location of each specified module that would be loaded by require. OPTION DETAILS
quiet Under quiet mode, module names are suppressed and missing modules are not reported. Normal output: $ pm_which Module::One Module::Two Missing::Module Module::One - /path/to/Module/One.pm Module::Two - /path/to/Module/Two.pm Missing::Module - not found Under --quiet: $ pm_which -q Module::One Module::Two Missing::Module /path/to/Module/One.pm /path/to/Module/Two.pm paths In "paths" mode, each module is simply converted into a relative file path. This is possible even when the module is not installed. $ pm_which -p Missing::Module Missing/Module.pm all When the "all" switch is specified, all installed modules will be reported, not just the first one. This is useful for determining when there is a module installed in multiple locations. $ pm_which -a MyModule /path/to/MyModule.pm /home/me/perl/MyModule.pm namespace Arguments are taken as namespaces to search under. $ pm_which -n MyModule MyModule - /path/to/MyModule.pm MyModule::Foo - /path/to/MyModule/Foo.pm MyModule::Foo::Bar - /path/to/MyModule/Foo/Bar.pm -m Disables printing of module paths. This is only really useful in conjunction with --namespace. $ pm_which -nm MyModule MyModule MyModule::Foo MyModule::Foo::Bar -V Prints the version of each module, according to ExtUtils::MakeMaker. $ pm_which -V MyModule MyModule - /path/to/MyModule.pm [ 1.00 ] $ pm_which -Vnm MyModule MyModule [ 1.00 ] MyModule::Foo [ 0.01 ] MyModule::Foo::Bar [ undef ] dump Dumps the paths that would be searched and exits. This is @INC modified by any -I switches. $ pm_which --dump /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 ... $ pm_which -I lib --dump -I blib/lib lib blib/lib /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 ... version Prints the version number of the script, plus the version and path of Module::Util that was loaded. EXIT CODES
o 0 - Everything was OK o 1 - Initialisation failed (bad switches?) o 2 - Some modules were not installed SEE ALSO
This utility comes with Module::Util. AUTHOR
Matt Lawrence <mattlaw@cpan.org> perl v5.14.2 2012-06-08 PM_WHICH(1p)
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