New submission from Steve Newcomb: os.rename() raises OSError with a misleading message saying "cross-device" when no cross-device activity is involved.
Here, running on Ubuntu 16.04.1 using and ext4 filesystem, both filepaths are in the same filesystem, and the error is evidently due to the fact that a file already exists at the target path: (Pdb) os.path.isfile( '/persist/nobackup/backupDisks/d38BasLijPupBak/d38-backup.20161020/d38-_,.,_home2_,.,_rack/.Xauthority') True (Pdb) os.path.isfile( '/persist/nobackup/backupDisks/d38BasLijPupBak/d38-20161020/home2/rack/.Xauthority') True (Pdb) os.rename( '/persist/nobackup/backupDisks/d38BasLijPupBak/d38-backup.20161020/d38-_,.,_home2_,.,_rack/.Xauthority', '/persist/nobackup/backupDisks/d38BasLijPupBak/d38-20161020/home2/rack/.Xauthor\ ity') *** OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link: '/persist/nobackup/backupDisks/d38BasLijPupBak/d38-backup.20161020/d38-_,.,_home2_,.,_rack/.Xauthority' -> '/persist/nobackup/backupDisks/d38BasLijPup\ Bak/d38-20161020/home2/rack/.Xauthority' ---------- components: IO messages: 279061 nosy: steve.newcomb priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: inappropriate OS.Error "Invalid cross-device link" versions: Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28490> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
