aleph_startup stops with "aleph_que.c: Permission denied" message for que_batch.old

Description

In running aleph_startup in an environment (such as PACSCL) with separate aleph instances for individual libraries, messages such as the following are seen in the aleph_startup log:
 
  aleph_que.c: Permission denied
  mv: try to overwrite `/exlibris/aleph/a23_1/usm01/files/que_batch.old', overriding   mode 0644 (rw-r--r--)?

  mv: try to overwrite `/exlibris/aleph/a23_1/vir01/files/que_batch.old',

  mv: try to overwrite `/exlibris/aleph/u23_1/pma01/files/que_batch.old'

This happens in the background so there is no way to respond to the messages.
 

Resolution

You could try running it in the foreground, that is, rather than:

  csh -f aleph_startup > & aleph_startup.mmdd.log &

you would just do:

  csh -f aleph_startup

Then you could respond to any such messages.

It seems that this happens when you are the aleph user and don't have permission to overwrite the pma01/files/que_batch.old or when you are the pma_user and don't have permission to overwrite the usm01/files/que_batch.old.

Since the que_batch.old files are not usually of any value or use, this was solved by deleting all of them with the following command:  
 
   rm -f /exlibris/aleph/*/*/*/files/que_batch.old 

aleph_startup was then able to run successfully.
 

• Article last edited: 8-Mar-2018