On 02/18/2012 06:29 PM, francky.l...@telenet.be wrote: > Hello, > > I hear nothing from you guys. > > Let me hear something, > > Best regards, > > Francky > > ----- Oorspronkelijk e-mail ----- >> >> >> ----- Oorspronkelijk e-mail ----- >>> On 02/12/2012 06:49 PM, francky.l...@telenet.be wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have a PC wich runs under Windows 7. >>>> On top of that I have a Virtual Box which runs Windows Xp >>>> and Ubuntu 11.04. >>>> >>>> Under Ubuntu I have a problem with the mv command. >>>> Whenever I execute it, it doesn't work, the machine hangs, >>>> and I have to terminate it with ctrl-c. Als alternative, >>>> I use a cp and a rm. >>>> >>>> Why is this? >>> >>> We don't have enough to go on there. >>> Would it be possible to install strace on the ubuntu guest, >>> and get some output from running the mv command? >>> >>> Note none of the machine, host or guest seem to >>> have hung if you can Ctrl-C >> >> >> ubuntu@ubuntu-VirtualBox:~/.gvfs/account on stockholm$ strace mv >> source.pdf target.pdf >> execve("/home/ubuntu/.gvfs/account on stockholm/Documents/03 >> professional/structured_documentation/unix_routines/bin/mv", ["mv", >> "source.pdf", "target.pdf"], [/* 41 vars */]) = -1 ENOEXEC (Exec >> format error)
Sorry I thought I had replied. So this the following is the binary being run? ~ubuntu/.gvfs/account on stockholm/Documents/03 professional/structured_documentation/unix_routines/bin/mv Is that in your $PATH? What is that binary? What's the output from mv --verison. Do things work better when you use /bin/mv explicitly rather than just mv ? cheers, Pádraig.