exec cp won't work -- cannot stat existing file

[Ben Pracht <bp...@zcloud.net>]

Because the copy task won't copy symlinks on Linux, I'm using an exec 
task.  Unfortunately, it keeps giving me this message:

     [exec] Current OS is Linux
     [exec] Executing 'cp' with arguments:
     [exec] 
'/home/bpracht/xks/current/internal/debug/Linux/2.4.18-14debug/i386/xml4c/lib/*'
     [exec] 
'/home/bpracht/xks/current/install/debug/Linux/2.4.18-14debug/i386'
     [exec]
     [exec] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
     [exec] not part of the command.
     [exec] /bin/cp: cannot stat 
`/home/bpracht/xks/current/internal/debug/Linux/2.4.18-14debug/i386/xml4c/lib/*': 
No such file or directory

Both the source and target exist.

Here's my exec statement:
       <switch value="${OSFamily}">
           <case value="windows">
              <property name="CopyCommand" value="copy"/>
           </case>
           <case value="unix">
              <property name="CopyCommand" value="cp"/>
           </case>
       </switch>
       <exec executable="${CopyCommand}"
             dir="${internal}"
             vmlauncher="true"
             failonerror="true">
          <arg path="${internal}/xml4c/lib/*"/>
          <arg path="${install}/."/>
       </exec>
       <exec executable="${CopyCommand}"
             dir="${internal}"
             vmlauncher="true"
             failonerror="true">
          <arg path="${internal}/xml4c/msg/*"/>
          <arg path="${install}/."/>
       </exec>

I've tried vmlauncher=true and false, and both give me the same 
results.  However, when I
change the value of ${CopyCommand} to a shell script called bcp, the 
script runs, and
successfully copies the file. 

How can I fix this problem?

Thanks in advance,
Ben P





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Re: exec cp won't work -- cannot stat existing file

[Steve Loughran <st...@iseran.com>]

Ben Pracht wrote:
> Because the copy task won't copy symlinks on Linux, I'm using an exec 
> task.  Unfortunately, it keeps giving me this message:
> 
>     [exec] Current OS is Linux
>     [exec] Executing 'cp' with arguments:
>     [exec] 
> '/home/bpracht/xks/current/internal/debug/Linux/2.4.18-14debug/i386/xml4c/lib/*' 
> 
>     [exec] 
> '/home/bpracht/xks/current/install/debug/Linux/2.4.18-14debug/i386'
>     [exec]
>     [exec] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
>     [exec] not part of the command.
>     [exec] /bin/cp: cannot stat 
> `/home/bpracht/xks/current/internal/debug/Linux/2.4.18-14debug/i386/xml4c/lib/*': 
> No such file or directory
> 
> Both the source and target exist.

um, unless you have a source file of the name '*', it doesnt exist 
-there is no shell under exec to do the expansion unless you exec sh or 
similar

>       <exec executable="${CopyCommand}"
>             dir="${internal}"
>             vmlauncher="true"
>             failonerror="true">
>          <arg path="${internal}/xml4c/lib/*"/>
>          <arg path="${install}/."/>
>       </exec>



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