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# 1  
Old 03-23-2011
Problems coping a file in a shl script
I have the following in a shl script:
Code:
SCRIPT_PATH="/u01/app/banner/test/skid/plus/";
FILE_PATH="/nfs/mercury/u03/banner/test/skid/log";
LIST_FILE_PATH="/u01/banjobs/TEST";
SCRIPT_NAME="szpcal1.sql";
FILE_NAME='new_applicant_list';

I want to copy the file FILE_NAME to LIST_FILE_PATH
Code:
cd ${FILE_PATH}
echo 'cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIS_FILE_PATH} ${LIS_FILE_NAME}' >/u01/scott/scott.txt
cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIS_FILE_PATH} ${LIS_FILE_NAME}

I know I have all the permissions I need.. I am getting the following error:
Code:
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.05
Successfully executed the szpcal1.sql script
/u01/app/banner/test/links/szpcal1: [[: not found
cp: cannot create szpcal1_saisusr_79847.lis: Permission denied

It is sending the file to >/u01/scott/ (I put this to test)
like ${FILE_NAME} ${LIS_FILE_PATH} ${LIS_FILE_NAME}
it should be szpcal1_saisusr_79847.lis with the data of FILE_NAME
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-24-2011 at 04:10 AM.. Reason: Fixed code tags
# 2  
Old 03-23-2011
Things in single-quotes aren't expanded. Try double quotes " "
# 3  
Old 03-23-2011
Your variable names are LIST_FILE_PATH and LIST_FILE_NAME not LIS_FILE_PATH and LIS_FILE_NAME

Also you don't want a space between the path and name vars on the cp line:

Code:
cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}${LIST_FILE_NAME}

# 4  
Old 03-23-2011
Code:
SCRIPT_PATH="/u01/app/banner/test/skid/plus/";
FILE_PATH="/nfs/mercury/u03/banner/test/skid/log";
LIST_FILE_PATH="/u01/banjobs/TEST";
SCRIPT_NAME="szpcal1.sql";
FILE_NAME='new_applicant_list';

cd ${FILE_PATH}
echo 'cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME}' > /u01/scott/scott.txt
cp ${FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME} -> (previously: ${LIST_FILE_NAME})

# 5  
Old 03-23-2011
After making the corrections to the variable names as suggested above, please re-test and then post the complete script in code tags (including the SQL bit) because there is no way that the error message containing "[[" came from the script posted in post #1.

Also, please stop putting semi-colons at end of Shell command lines. This is unix Shell not SQL.

Most of the typing errors in your script have been addressed. Just to make clear another poster's point:
Quote:
echo 'cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME}' > /u01/scott/scott.txt
Should be using double quotes not single quotes. Within single quotes the $ variables are not expanded, within double quotes the $ variables are expanded. Also the variable name ${FILE_NAME} appears to be correct in the "echo" statement but incorrect in the actual "cp" statement.
Code:
echo "cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}/${FILE_NAME}" > /u01/scott/scott.txt


Quote:
cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIS_FILE_PATH} ${LIS_FILE_NAME}
In additon to the typing errors in the names of the variables, your "cp" line is missing a solidus.
Also the variable ${LIS_FILE_NAME} should probably be ${FILE_NAME}. Hard to tell for definite without seeing the whole script.
Code:
cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}/${FILE_NAME}

The /CODE tag terminator is missing from your CODE tags in your post.
Last edited by methyl; 03-23-2011 at 10:47 PM..
# 6  
Old 03-23-2011
Did you mean code tags look like this:
[code]lines of code[/code]
# 7  
Old 03-23-2011
Code:
SCRIPT_PATH="/u01/app/banner/test/skid/plus/"
FILE_PATH="/nfs/mercury/u03/banner/test/skid/log/"
LIST_FILE_PATH="/u01/banjobs/TEST/"
SCRIPT_NAME="szpcal1.sql"
FILE_NAME="new_applicant_list"

FILE_NAME=`find ${FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME}*`
echo "cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME}" > /u01/scott/scott.txt
cp ${FILE_NAME} ${LIST_FILE_PATH}${FILE_NAME}
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