Hi I am having trouble renaming a file and I have absolutely no idea
why.

Here is my code:
--- start

    {
      chomp;
      $name = basename($file);
      $destname = "$spooldir/$name";
      $tmpname = $destname;
      $tmpname =~ s/std/incomplete/g; #copy as incomplete before
renaming as std
      if (rename("$file","$tmpname") == 0) { print "ren1 failed: $!\n";

      if (rename("$tmpname","$destname") == 0) { print "ren2 failed:
$!\n"; }
      print "MOVING COMMAND: mv $file $destname\n";
    }
--- end

I am trying to move a file from one directory to another (with an
intermediate step which is necessary
because the final directory has a daemon which will pick up any files
matching *std*)

Here is the output I get when I run the code
--- start
ren1 failed: No such file or directory
ren2 failed: No such file or directory
MOVING COMMAND: mv
/nt/users/zcrks46c_1/firms/spool/tester/teak_FNR_b11ext_1d10_b11e_cf_failures_apr03_10_31.stdf

 /nt/users/zcrks46c_1/firms/spool/stdf/teak_FNR_b11ext_1d10_b11e_cf_failures_apr03_10_31.stdf

--- end

The problem is if I run the "MOVING COMMAND" manually there is no
problem.
If I rely on the "rename(src,dest) method it returns an error. Why Why
Why???????

Daniel,

    rename() does not work across filesystems, just like "mv". I suspect
your spooldir is on another filesystem. You would then need to copy and
delete twice. Why not just move it straight to the destination directory
with the new name?

hth
Eric

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apr03_10_31.stdf