Re^2: Moving directories on Win32

The error message is..."Permission denied"...even though the move is going up one directory to my own desktop.

I can manually make that same move, no problem. The script can mkdir to there, write a *.txt to there, just not move a directory there.

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Re^3: Moving directories on Win32 by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 28, 2007 at 21:06 UTC
Whenever you use a OS call and check for failure it is as well to display `$^E` as well (or instead of) `$!`. In this case, you would get the following: `warn $!; Permission denied warn $^E The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another + process` [download] Which makes identifying the problem easier, if not the solution. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Moving directories on Win32 by wind (Priest) on Nov 28, 2007 at 18:50 UTC
Well, if you can mkdir the directory that you're trying to move to then I'm guessing you're most likely dealing with a locking issue for your source directory. Do you have window opened to that directory, or even a text editor with that directory as the last opened location? Try closing all extra programs and rerun the script. From outside the source directory of course. :) If all else fails, you could play around with File::Find to create your own 1 to 1 recursive move function. It would also probably fail at some point, but you would find the exact file or directory that is being locked that way. - Miller	[reply]