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. Th
e 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.
This problem is quite funny and I have not come across this error message for ls command when i googled.
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perl-after-upgrade
PERL-AFTER-UPGRADE(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation PERL-AFTER-UPGRADE(1)
NAME
perl-after-upgrade -- fixup FreeBSD packages that depend on perl
SYNOPSIS
perl-after-upgrade
perl-after-upgrade -f
perl-after-upgrade -v
DESCRIPTION
The standard procedure after a perl port (either lang/perl5.6 or lang/perl5.8) upgrade is to basically reinstall all other packages that
depend on perl. This is always a painful exercise. The perl-after-upgrade utility makes this process mostly unnecessary.
The tool goes through the list of installed packages, looks for those that depend on perl, moves files around, modifies shebang lines in
those scripts in which it is necessary to do so, tries its best to adjust dynamically linked binaries that link with libperl.so in the old
path, and updates the package database.
After installation of the new perl is complete, either by hand from the ports collection, or from a package, or via portupgrade, do the
following:
o go root;
o run perl-after-upgrade utility.
Do not specify any arguments at first, so it does nothing destructive. Pay attention to the produced output and especially to
errorlist at the end, if any;
o run the utility again, with -f command line option.
This will actually do the work. Again, pay attention to the output produced;
o fix any reported errors;
o reinstall required packages:
The utility will tell you what packages that depend on perl it could not handle. It will also tell you why it happened (for example,
they were compiled against a binary incompatible perl). If you want such packages to remain operational, you will have to reinstall
then by hand or via portupgrade.
o review the files left in the older perl installation.
This is typically /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.X.Y/. There should be very little, if any, files in that directory and its subdi-
rectories, excepting a number of .ph files;
o check that things work as they should;
o remove backup files from the package database.
Those will be /var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENTS.bak;
o that's all.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2005 by Anton Berezin
"THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42)
<tobez@FreeBSD.org> wrote this module. As long as you retain this
notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some
day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in
return.
Anton Berezin
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
HISTORY
The first version of this utility was not bundled with perl package on FreeBSD. It was dumber than the current version in several impor-
tant areas. It was faster.
CREDITS
Thanks to Mathieu Arnold for discussion.
SEE ALSO
perl(1).
perl v5.8.9 2009-04-13 PERL-AFTER-UPGRADE(1)