Hi,

I am using File::Copy to copy files from source to target directory. For running shell commands i can use system or back quote (`), but somebody told me that system will draw more memory , i.e execution time will be more when compared to inbuilt Perl packages. So i stared using File::Copy. But it is failed to copy file saying error "Inappropriate ioctl for device". i Have used copy like this

eval{ copy("$source" ,"$target_input_file"); };
if($!)  {
open(FAIL,">>failed_copy_$channel");
print FAIL"FAILED TO Copy \"$target\" WITH FROM \"$target_input_file\"
+....\n";
close(FAIL);
}

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Please guide me whether the problem with "eval" or copy statement i have used...

Thanks,
Shekar KCB

In reply to copy - Inappropriate ioctl for device by shekarkcb

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