Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I am running this is korn shell

Code:

cp $source/$fname $dest/dir && rm $source/$fname

This was returned:

Code:

rm: /dir/file not removed: No such file or directory

The file could be found in the $dest directory which meant the cp was success.

The above code is used in a for loop to move many files


This script could run properly in another box with the same solaris OS but could not work properly on this box.

Is there something wrong with the command or is there something I missed out? Please help

Code:

Space characters in the filenames?

cp "$source/$fname" "$dest/dir" && rm "$source/$fname"

no there are no space characters in the filenames...

Code looks ok..

If you don't mind me asking, did you check if the file to be cp'd and rm's really is existing?

Please post the full script.
Do you have any filenames with funny characters e.g. asterisk?

The for loop is using

Code:

 cd $source
for fname in `ls`
do
cp $source/$fname $dest/dir && rm $source/$fname
done

There are no funny characters in the filenames..