Exec a "MV" (move) Linux command from ABAP program using wildcard "*"

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have a problem by using FM "SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE", SM49 while i try to move the whole content of a SAP folder into another.

Foders are on the same file system:

source: /tmp/

dest: /usr/sap/tmp

I made a command in SM69 named ZMOVE:

I put OS: Linux (is case sensitive)

command: "mv"

parameters: /tmp/* /usr/sap/tmp

hence the final sentence should be "mv /tmp/* /usr/sap/tmp". I did it directly by using program "rsbdcos0" and works fine.

Now if I try to execute the command ZMOVE from SM49 or using the function module it gives the same error

*mv: cannot stat /tmp/ ': No such file or directory**

I made several tries by changing the parameter section (also using a script on the same directory).

The permissions are ok, so the only problem seems to be the wildcard (*) character.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Fabrizio

[Former Member]

Problem solved.

Forget function modules, SM69 etc. there's an ABAP command in order to perform a SO command.

Here an example:

data: lf_file like rlgrap-filename,

lf_idx(3) type n,

cmd(254),

result(255) occurs 100 with header line.

cmd = 'mv /dir_source/* /dir_dest'.

call 'SYSTEM' id 'COMMAND' field cmd

id 'TAB' field result-sys.

[ThomasZloch]

Thanks for sharing, I was running into the same problem some time ago (with SunOS, not Linux though). The only downside is that this requires a small custom ABAP program, as opposed to a simple job step directly for the external command.

It is still a mystery to me why the external command works for moving single files, but not for multiple files via wildcards.

Thomas