RE: "cp: skipping file 'file.txt', as it was replaced while being copied"

["Roe, Kevin L." <roe2 at llnl dot gov>]

The system in question is disconnected from the internet and has no write to cd etc capability.

That said, here is the output of the command you suggested:

For the drive that works:

Device Type        : 7
Characteristics    : 10
Max Filenamelength : 255
Filesystemname     : <NTFS>
Flags              : 4002b
  FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH  : TRUE
  FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES   : TRUE
  FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK        : FALSE
  FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS        : TRUE
  FILE_FILE_COMPRESSION       : FALSE
  FILE_VOLUME_QUOTAS          : TRUE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_SPARSE_FILES  : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS: FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_REMOTE_STORAGE: FALSE
  FILE_VOLUME_IS_COMPRESSED   : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS    : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPTION    : FALSE
  FILE_NAMED_STREAMS          : TRUE
  FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME       : FALSE
  FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE  : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS  : FALSE


For the drive that doesn't:

Device Type        : 7
Characteristics    : 10
Max Filenamelength : 255
Filesystemname     : <NTFS>
Flags              : 4004f
  FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH  : TRUE
  FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES   : TRUE
  FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK        : TRUE
  FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS        : TRUE
  FILE_FILE_COMPRESSION       : FALSE
  FILE_VOLUME_QUOTAS          : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_SPARSE_FILES  : TRUE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS: FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_REMOTE_STORAGE: FALSE
  FILE_VOLUME_IS_COMPRESSED   : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS    : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPTION    : FALSE
  FILE_NAMED_STREAMS          : TRUE
  FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME       : FALSE
  FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE  : FALSE
  FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS  : FALSE



The cygwin site specifically says there is no such thing as a version of cygwin (http://cygwin.com/faq.html).

When I use the uname -a command I get the result:

CYGWIN_NT-5.2-WOW64 almaden 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin


-Kevin



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Blake [mailto:eblake@redhat.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 1:59 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com; Roe, Kevin L.
Subject: Re: "cp: skipping file 'file.txt', as it was replaced while being copied"

According to Roe, Kevin L. on 3/5/2010 2:48 PM:
> I am getting the (apparently) classic error:  "cp: skipping file 'file.txt', as it was replaced while being copied"
> 
> It only occurs on a  network drive (netapp, nfs), but not on another 
> network drive (mac server, samba shares)

More details about the suspect drive would be nice:
/usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo /cygdrive/$drive

> Has this problem been resolved?  Can I just install the latest production version of cygwin to fix it?

Hard to tell without more details (what version are you currently running, to know if you even can upgrade?).

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