Bad command or filename

[copper]

Help!

For some reason i can't not run a perl script on this one particular machine. the run script run just on other pc.

the pc in question is a Win NT 4 sp5.

here is the command: (the script use a 'move' commnand to change all file extension from .txt .fin)

m:\perl\bin\perl m:\scripts\glimport.pl

here is the error:

bad command or file name
can not move m:\exportdata\test.txt - no such file or directory




thanks

 

[raider2001]

The error message is from the "move" command. Try re-reading the part in red.
bad command or file name
can not move m:\exportdata\test.txt - no such file or directory

So the problem has to do with the file you are trying to move "m:\exportdata\test.txt". It could be a file permissions problem.

 

[copper]

it can't be a permission problem. if i manually run the move command to change all extension from .txt to .fin it work just fine. i use command prompt for this test.

beside if it is a permission issue, why does only affect this one pc. all the other pc's work just fine.


thx

 

[PaulTEG]

Is your M: drive mapped on this machine, under the user's profile that is running the script?

 

[icrf]

Just out of curiosity, can the perl script see the file at all? Try something like this:

perl -e "print ((-e 'm:\\exportdata\\test.txt')?'exists':'not-exist');" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...but I'm just a C man trying to see the light

 

[copper]

PaulTEG,

the drive is mapped under the user profile. beside i can issued the move command manually and it work just fine.


icrf,

i tested your script and it came back 'exists'. so it can see the file.

 

[PaulTEG]

Try escaping the '\'s on the machine that doesn't work and see if that makes a difference

HTH
;P