On Jan 2 19:35, MP wrote: > I dug into this, and found that the failure happens here: > > res = fh->link (newpath); > > in the link() function of file src/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc. res is -1, and > errno == EEXIST at this point. > > In the call above, newpath is: > /cygdrive/c/git/git/.git/objects/pack/pack- > d629a7029e3a941884c4bea2b33cc27e32f55779.pack > > Digging further, this line fails: > > if (CreateHardLinkA (newpc, pc, NULL)) > goto success; > > in function fhandler_disk_file::link(), fhandler_disk_file.cc. > CreateHardLinkA > () returns 0, and GetLastError() returns 183 (ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS: Cannot > create a file when that file already exists). > > In the CreateHardLinkA() call above, newpc.get_win32() yields: > c:\git\git\.git\objects\pack\pack-d629a7029e3a941884c4bea2b33cc27e32f55779.pack > > pc.get_win32() yields: > c:\git\git\.git\objects\tmp_pack_btsO9s > > I know that the destination file (newpc) does not exist; so I am perplexed > why > CreateHardLinkA() is failing. In the CreateHardLink() documentation on MSDN, > I see this comment: > > "if you open a file that does not allow sharing, another application cannot > share the file by creating a new hard link to the file" > > However, I see that all calls to CreateFile() in XP Cygwin happen with: > > FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE > > Any ideas why CreateHardLinkA() could still be failing?
Could you create a simple, self-contained testcase in plain C, which allows to reproduce the problem? Corinna -- 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/
