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Cody W
Cody W

Reputation: 125

rm doesn't remove files even though the path is correct

I have a bash script in my tomcat bin folder. When I run the script it is supposed to delete the logs. For some reason when I run the command through the script it says the files don't exist. If I run the same command manually it works just fine. 

TOMCAT=${PWD%/*}
rm $TOMCAT/logs/*

when I run the script I get this:
rm: cannot remove '/home/cwall/Desktop/osp/tomcat/logs/*': No such file or directory

but when I run this:
cwall:~/Desktop/osp/tomcat/bin> rm /home/cwall/Desktop/osp/tomcat/logs/*

it works, and I can't figure out why.

(just as a note the script does a lot more than this. This is the only relevant code.)

(edit)
I have found a solution to this problem. I would not be able to give a sufficient answer without explaining my entire script. This question should probably be removed, but I will leave it up for now.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 449

Answers (1)

Ravi Bhagat
Ravi Bhagat

Reputation: 11

If I assume that your working directory is /osp/ then try

TOMCAT=$PWD rm $TOMCAT/logs/*

Upvotes: 1

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