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# 1  
Old 01-04-2007
Data cp doesnt work - Help
When trying to copy a file in Solaris 8 it doesnt copy file or give a error. This worked 100% until the 29th. I've checked the rights and everything seems fine:

Code:
drwxrwxrwx   2 bmuser   bmgroup    11776 Jan  3 10:32 spool

This is the file I want to copy:

Code:
-rwxrwxrwx   1 bmuser   bmgroup   390474 Jan  3 10:32 lst01d.dat

I excecute the command like this:

Code:
/bmunix/data/branch00/spool>cp /bmunix/data/branch00/spool/lst01d.dat /bmunix/data/branch00/spool/solstc.dat
/bmunix/data/branch00/spool>ls -l sol*
sol*: No such file or directory
/bmunix/data/branch00/spool>

Am I maybe doing something wrong?

What else can I check for?

This happens to any file in the directory I try to copy.
# 2  
Old 01-04-2007
could it be a space issue?
Code:
df -k .

# 3  
Old 01-04-2007
Space looks fine:

Code:
/bmunix>df -k
Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0    6410583 1343170 5003308    22%    /
/proc                      0       0       0     0%    /proc
fd                         0       0       0     0%    /dev/fd
mnttab                     0       0       0     0%    /etc/mnttab
swap                  881920       0  881920     0%    /var/run
swap                  882240     320  881920     1%    /tmp
/dev/dsk/c0t2d0s7    8705501 2472601 6145845    29%    /bmunix
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7    1750028       9 1697519     1%    /export/home

# 4  
Old 01-04-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by rudi.okelly
Space looks fine:
What about the inodes?
Code:
df -i

# 5  
Old 01-04-2007
df -i doesn't seem to work

Code:
/bmunix>df -i
df: unknown option: i
Usage: df [-F FSType] [-abegklntVv] [-o FSType-specific_options] [directory | block_device | resource]

# 6  
Old 01-04-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by rudi.okelly
When trying to copy a file in Solaris 8 it doesnt copy file or give a error. This worked 100% until the 29th. I've checked the rights and everything seems fine:

Code:
drwxrwxrwx   2 bmuser   bmgroup    11776 Jan  3 10:32 spool

This is the file I want to copy:

Code:
-rwxrwxrwx   1 bmuser   bmgroup   390474 Jan  3 10:32 lst01d.dat

I excecute the command like this:

Code:
/bmunix/data/branch00/spool>cp /bmunix/data/branch00/spool/lst01d.dat /bmunix/data/branch00/spool/solstc.dat
/bmunix/data/branch00/spool>ls -l sol*
sol*: No such file or directory
/bmunix/data/branch00/spool>

Am I maybe doing something wrong?

What else can I check for?

This happens to any file in the directory I try to copy.


try to see files using
ls -l sol\*
# 7  
Old 01-04-2007
Yes, I'm sorry:
Code:
df -e

Try also an "echo $?" just after the cp command.
 
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