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04-30-2012

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Weird Error moving a file

Hi,
We are running into very weird error on AIX. Target directory exists on NFS.

We have one script runs every 5 mins on our system. This script is running for 5 years for now without any issuess.

Followig is the snapshot of the script :

Code:

   stmt_cnt=$(ls -1 ${1}/${2}|wc -l) 
   if [ ${stmt_cnt} -ne 0 -a ${stmt_cnt} -lt 501 ]; then
     out_str="${out_str}\n$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"): Moving ${stmt_cnt} \"${2}\" statements from ${1} to ${3}\n"
     find ${1} -name "${2}" | sort -t"_" +7n +8n | xargs ksh -c 'mv $* '"${3}" foobar

Recently, mv command started failing only few occasions. Intrestingly, it is successful in the second run after failing in first run.

Following is the Error.

Code:

Usage: mv [-I] [ -d| -e] [-i | -f] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src target
   or: mv [-I] [-i | -f] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src1 ... srcN directory

Any guesses ? Appreciate pointers.

Last edited by Scott; 04-30-2012 at 04:52 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags

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