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Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied


On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Kenneth Wolcott
<kennethwolcott@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
>> On 05/11/2016 08:14 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi;
>>>
>>>    cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied
>>>
>>>    I have several mounted partitions on my Windows machine (64bit Windows
>>> 7).
>>>
>>>    Copying a file using cygwin cp , via mintty, from a mounted drive to
>>> a local path, I frequently get the aforementioned message.
>>>
>>>    Is the partition not properly understood by Cygwin?
>>>
>>>    I really dislike having to use Windows in the first place, at least
>>> Cygwin, when it works, makes it more bearable.
>>>
>>> The actual command was (line broken by backslash by me to make it more
>>> readable):
>>>
>>>   cp /cygdrive/p/Engineering/Ken_Wolcott/new_Mobility_Audit_script/try1.pl
>>> \
>>> /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/kwolcott/Desktop/files4trombone/.
>>
>>
>> Let me guess.  The mounted volume is a NetApp drive, no?  These are
>> notorious for their bad behaviour.  Of course, they aren't the only ones.
>> Still, it's hard to be too specific with sweeping statements without
>> details from your side. ;-)  Please read and follow the problem reporting
>> guidelines found at the link below:
>>
>>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>
>>
>> In addition, you can run '/usr/share/csih/getVolInfo' on the offending
>> drive and send that information along as well.  If you've found a new
>> kind (or version) of poorly-behaved drive, this information will help
>> Cygwin special-case it.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Larry
>
> Hi Larry;
>
>   Thanks for the specific reminder on providing more information.
>
> cygcheck.out is attached (id block info redacted]
>
>  /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo /cygdrive/p/Engineering/
> Device Type        : 7
> Characteristics    : 10
> Volume Name        : <Vol_O>
> Serial Number      : 2684354572
> Max Filenamelength : 255
> Filesystemname     : <NTFS>
> Flags              : 4004e
>   FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH  : FALSE
>   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
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

Update:

Well, the attachment is too big and was therefore rejected.  I have a
*full* 64bit Cygwin installation :-)

Ken

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