error on script to copy files

[NDO]

Hi

I have the following script to copy files from one directory to another:

#!/bin/sh
touch -mt 201304240000 /var/tmp/ref1
touch -mt 201305152359 /var/tmp/ref2
find /moneta_collected02/in_psl -type f \( -newer /var/tmp/ref1 -a ! -newer /var/tmp/ref2 \) > file_lst
cp -pr $(< file_lst) /moneta_collected02/in_psl1/

 but when I run I have the following error:

root@moneta # ./transf
find: stat() error /moneta_collected02/in_psl/PSLCCN4-130106-0731-90574.gz: No such file or directory
./transf: syntax error at line 5: `(' unexpected

 please can you help?

[Dennis Handly]

>find: stat() error /moneta_collected02/in_psl/PSLCCN4-130106-0731-90574.gz: No such file or directory

It's almost as if the file as removed just as it found it.  ??

You can suppress this by adding "2> /dev/null" to the end of the find.

>./transf: syntax error at line 5: `(' unexpected

You may have to check to see if file_lst is not empty before doing the cp:

if [ -s file_lst ]; then

   cp -pr $(< file_lst) /moneta_collected02/in_psl1/

fi

[NDO]

Hi!

With the change suggested by Dennis, I am having the same error:

root@moneta # ./transf
find: stat() error /moneta_collected02/in_psl/PSLCCN4-130106-0731-90574.gz: No such file or directory
./transf: syntax error at line 7: `(' unexpected

 line 7 is :

 cp -pr $(< file_lst) /moneta_collected02/in_psl1/

[Dennis Handly]

Have you looked inside of file_lst to see if valid filenames?

Otherwise that syntax is perfectly valid for a real shell.

[NDO]

this is what is inside:

root@moneta # head file_lst
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130506-0009-198970.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130506-0009-198969.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130506-2332-203175.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130506-2332-203176.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130502-2331-185808.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130502-2330-185806.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130502-2331-185807.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130502-2357-185888.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130502-2357-185887.gz
/moneta_collected02/in_psl/130304-1530-PSLCCN2-130502-2357-185886.gz
root@moneta #

 which is correct, unless the script does not want the directory  (moneta_collected02) and the subdirectory (in_psl1)

[Dennis Handly]

>this is what is inside: ... unless the script does not want the directory

No, that full path is fine.

What OS version are you using?

[NDO]

Hi

It does work now after inserting the condional format (if) on HP-UX 11.31, but I try to use a similar script on a solaris 10 system and it gives me that error message.

[Dennis Handly]

>I try to use a similar script on a solaris 10 system and it gives me that error message.

Because Solaris isn't using a real shell for /bin/sh.  You need to use a Posix or ksh.

Or you can go back to the bourne dark ages:

   cp -pr `cat file_lst` ...

[NDO]

you mean changing the #!/bin/sh by #!/bin/ksh ?

[NDO]

After changing to ksh now I have a different error:

./transf[7]: /usr/bin/cp: arg list too long

 But I believe if the shorten the markers :

touch -mt 201304240000 /var/tmp/ref1
touch -mt 201305152359 /var/tmp/ref2

 I can solve this