Hi guys Imagine my surprise when I got this message: mv: basename.c:67: base_name: Assertion `all_slashes || *(p -1) != '/'' failed. When moving an (admittedly massive) 80-odd meg directory tree around my disk. Some vital stats: mv --version says "mv (GNU fileutils) 4.0x" OS is Linux 2.2.16 on i386, Redhat 7 base, glibc 2.1.94 Redhat RPM mv came from is fileutils-4.0x-3 How to reproduce: I won't send you the tree ;-). It's the java documentation for the J2SE version 1.2.2. There is a subdirectory called "docs/api" which I was moving. It's big and deep. The actual command was: tcsh# mv /var/www/html/javadocs/00-Official\ Documentation/docs/api /usr/local/classdocs/J2SE-1.2 (5 minutes of whirring later - I'm on a laptop) tcsh# mv: basename.c:67: base_name: Assertion `all_slashes || *(p -1) != '/'' failed. May be relavent to know that: * /var/www/html/javadocs/00-Official\ Documentation was a symlink to /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/docs * /usr/local/classdocs/J2SE-1.2 was a new, empty directory * I had enough disk space to go around * All directories on same partition, which is standard linux EXT2 * All the files seemed to be copied (number of bytes are the same anyway, not going to run a checksum on that kind of volume), but I am still left with the original tree. Anything else you need to know, take your best shot and I'll try and answer. Cheers... Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
