rm and cp return non zero values sometimes.

sprintf(tmp, "rm -rf %s/* 2>/dev/null\n", dest);
rc = system( tmp );
rc = 1 

sprintf(tmp, "cp -r %s/* %s 2>/dev/null", source, dest);
rc = system( tmp );
rc = -1 

The files exist and the paths are correct. I can do a manual copy but the 
application fails. If I restart the application, this works fine. 
Can anyone tell why this could happen? What do the return values mean?
 
 
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