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Old 05-06-2014
Tools Ls command shows : NOT A DIRECTORY
I am working on ksh shell.
In some folders if i write
Code:
ls *MYFILE* > NEWFILE

then it shows error on few files as
Code:
<filename>/:NOT A DIRECTORY

i have around 9 thousand files in this folder and out of them around 61 are showing error.

However, when i created softlink of that directory and did same there everything went fine...

Whats the problem in executing this command in the original directory???


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Last edited by vbe; 05-06-2014 at 08:19 AM..
# 2  
Old 05-06-2014
It's a little ambigous as a problem, but I have three possibles as a first stab:-
  • A file that matches your ls *MYFILE* has a space in it. The shell will expand the *MYFILE* to match every file in the filesystem before issuing the ls
  • You have a symbolic link to somewhere that does not exist and your ls in the current directory is trying to follow it, but the ls from a symbolically linked directory does not.
  • A combination of the two?


Does that help at all?



Robin
# 3  
Old 05-06-2014
No it is not combination of any..

suppose file is

SABC_FMYFILE_IS0020_20105060050444.XYZ (its not the original file name as that can't be shared)

i get error:
SABC_FMYFILE_IS0020_20105060050444.XYZ/: Not a directory

instead thousands files with same naming convention are displayed properly.
# 4  
Old 05-06-2014
Um......?
  • Is it the same one every time?
  • Does it happen if you try to list the specific file?
  • What do you see from:-find . -name "*SABC_FMYFILE_IS0020_201005060050444.XYZ*"


I'm a bit stuck....Smilie

Robin
 
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