On Feb 7 11:55, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 6 16:38, Matthew Woehlke wrote: > > ...anyone have any guesses why rename() can't rename files in the same > > directory, if the directory is an NFS mount? This causes 'ar' to fail > > with the error: > > > > ar: unable to rename 'libcloudobj.a' reason: Invalid cross-device link > > > > I see this in strace with both 'ar' and 'mv': > > > > 46 371094 [main] ar 2588 rename: -1 = rename > > (h:\<...path...>\src\objects\stWBl4pj, > > h:\<...path...>\src\objects\libcloudobj.a) > > > > This seems to happen when the file already exists, but rename() only > > fails on NFS mounts (not local drives). Is this a problem with 'ar', or > > Cygwin's rename()? > > Since you're one of the few running NFS, you should also debug the > situation further. Apparently the Cygwin rename function fails, but > from your one-liner strace snippet there's no hint at all what happens. > The error should have been mentioned a couple of lines before. You > should also mention if you use a release version of Cygwin or a > developer snapshot. You know http://cygwin.com/problems.html, don't > you?
I just installed SFU NFS for testing and, here it comes: "I can not reproduce rename failing on an NFS share." Maybe it's something with your permissions. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI2(*) Corinna (*) I know, this is an invalid URL. What I mean is "Somebody has to debug it", but that's not covered by SHTDI. -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
