3 Replies Latest reply on Feb 13, 2015 11:05 AM by Diego Aguirre

cp command gives error as invalid argument

user13653258 Feb 4, 2015 5:15 AM

Hi,

Can anybody help on the below problem.

I am trying to copy a db file in solaris 10 to another location. But getting below error:

root@egprdecc1 # cp -rpf sr3_39 /backup_STG_5/backup_PER/tue/

cp: sr3_39/sr3.data39: Invalid argument

sr3_39 is a 2gb file, checked the permissions as well. For other db files copying is completing. Please let me know the solution.

Thanks in Advance

Shwetha

1. Re: cp command gives error as invalid argument

Pascal Kreyer-Oracle Feb 4, 2015 8:27 AM (in response to user13653258)

If sr3_39 is a file, then there is no reason that the command use a malformed file as argument.
I suppose that the file system is a little bit corrupted. I suggest in this case to umount the file system and run a fsck to check that all is okay.
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2. Re: cp command gives error as invalid argument

Cindys-Oracle Feb 4, 2015 4:56 PM (in response to user13653258)

I can't reproduce this on a Solaris 10 10/12 system.

# cp -rpf file.1 data2/deep_seq7/tue
# which cp
/usr/bin/cp

Can you identify your cp path to ensure you are using the default cp command?

Also, -r isn't necessary for a copy operation for a file but it shouldn't cause the command to fail. You might retry without the options and add them back in as test.

Thanks, Cindy
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3. Re: cp command gives error as invalid argument

Diego Aguirre Feb 13, 2015 11:05 AM (in response to user13653258)

Hi , try with this
cd /original filesystem or directory
find . -print -depth|cpio -pdm /backup_STG_5/backup_PER/tue/

Regards
Diego
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