Problem in moving huge number of files

[sasidhar_kari]

Hi,
I want to move huge number of files from one directory to another directory.
For that i wrote a routine, and when i test this routine it is just moving all the DataStage Repository files to the Target directory instead of moving only files from source path .

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OsType     = 'UNIX'
Move       = 'ls | xargs -t -I {} mv {}'
OsCmd      = Move:' ' : SourceDir:' ':TargetDir
Call DSExecute(OsType,OsCmd,OsOutput,OsStatus)
Ans = OsStatus

SourceDir and TargetDir are the Arguments passing to the routine

Can anyone tell me what's wrong in the code, and how to move files if it is huge .

Thanks in Advance
Best Regards
Sasi

[ray.wurlod]

Would it not be better to use a find command with -exec to execute the mv command?

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Move = "cd " : SourceDir : " && find . -exec mv {} " : TargetDir : "\;"

Add filters to limit the search to one level and only to objects of type file (and anything else you need) using other options on the find command.

[sasidhar_kari]

Hi Ray,
Thanks for the Response.
When i m using the above given command , i m getting error as An expression term lacks a required parameter.

Code i m executing is

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OsType     = 'UNIX'
Move       = "cd " : SourceDir : " && find . -exec mv {} " : TargetDir : "\;"

Call DSExecute(OsType,Move,OsOutput,OsStatus)
Ans = OsStatus

Here i want to move all the files from the SourceDir to TargetDir

Thanks in advance
Regards
Sasi

[ray.wurlod]

That ("all the files") is in fact easier.

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Cmd = "mv " : SourceDir : "/* " : TargetDir

However beware that some UNIX operating systems do not permit mv between file systems. In that case you will need to use cp followed by rm.

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Cmd = "cp " : SourceDir : "/* " : TargetDir : " && rm -f " : SourceDir : "/*"