Re^2: What is the best way to move a directory to a mounted filesystem?

[wenD]

Thanks for your replies. A few more details I should have included...

The platform is Linux.

Permissions are okay.

I can get File::Copy to move a directory from one place to another as long as it's on the same filesystem.

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use File::Copy;

my $source_dir = '/home/my/this_dir';
my $destination_dir = '/usr/local/elsewhere/this_dir';

# This works fine.
move($source_dir, $destination_dir);
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[johngg]

In your OP the destination path is /nfsmount/elsewhere/this_dir implying that the filesystem id from a remote server. Have you checked whether the filesystem has been shared on that server as read-only. I know this can throw a spanner in the works under Solaris.

Just a thought,

JohnGG