topic Re: mv command hang in Operating System - HP-UX

mv command hang

John Demeny — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:06:58 GMT

Long story short -
We have remote users connecting via Telnet, then running a script to process a file they have uploaded. At the end of the process, the file is renamed using a mv command. About twice a week, the mv command will hang. ll shows mv has occured but process won't let go. Kill the process and the script proceeds normally. No error msgs given.

Re: mv command hang

Pete Randall — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:09:03 GMT

Short answer -

Try a cp followed by a rm.

Pete

Re: mv command hang

Ravi_8 — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:14:26 GMT

Hi,

could you check swap space at that moment

Re: mv command hang

James Murtagh — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:23:49 GMT

Hi John,

We really need a bit more info here:

1) What OS
2) What filesystem type was the file on
3) What filesystem type is the file moving to
4) Is it crossing filesystems
5) Do the permissions look ok after the move

Point 5 is there as the mv command doesn't have a lot to do after the file is relocated, just closes some descriptors, changed the permissions on the new file and unlinks the old one. If you have tusc installed this would be the tool to use in this case.

Regards,

James.