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

Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com
Fri Mar 5 22:09:00 GMT 2010


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?).

Help us help you:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

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Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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