Re: diff: Resource temporarily unavailable

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Luke Kendall wrote:
> Hi
>
> We're using a version of Cygwin that's at least a year old.  Someone
> found today that he can't diff two large files (200MB each) across the
> network using Cygwin.  The error we get is:
>
> $ diff //samba/damita-nobackup/chitra/SWFILES/OIP/RF_Testing/OIP01_SWRF_IO.txt //samba/damita-nobackup/chitra/3F01/OIP/RF_Testing/OIP01_HWRF_IO.txt 
> diff: //samba/damita-nobackup/chitra/SWFILES/OIP/RF_Testing/OIP01_SWRF_IO.txt: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> If we copy the files across the network using Cygwin cp and then diff
> locally, it does work.
>
> I had a look at http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
> but I don't think we fall into that situation.
>
> I've included a small portion of an strace - is this an interesting
> bug, or something that's been fixed a while ago?

Why not install a new cygwin (and diff if necessary) package and check it
out for yourself?  As long as you have the original versions for the
newer package(s), you can always reinstall them if you don't like what
you see.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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