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cp giving input/output error
From: |
Campbell Smith, Peter |
Subject: |
cp giving input/output error |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:49:29 +0100 |
I am trying to copy a file using cp, and cp consistently returns status 256 and
error message 'input/output error'. It also takes much longer than I would
expect -- about 30 seconds -- and produces the error message at the end of that
time.
The file being copied is in an smbfs-mounted directory. The file is about
5Mbyte long and is a Microsoft Access database (R2M.mdb). I can copy any other
file from the directory without error messages.
Although I get the error message, the file is copied correctly; the copied file
is precisely the same length as the original and appears to be an exact copy.
I have tried copying it from its source directory to /dev/null and the behavior
is exactly the same. However, if I copy it to a native Linux folder (/tmp) I
do get the error, but if I then copy it from /tmp, it copies without error in a
fraction of a second. So the problem would seem to be some interaction between
cp and the smbfs file system.
I am using Linux from Debian release 3.1. I previously used an ancient version
of Linux to do this, and it worked without problems.
This is not a major problem in that the operation does work, but I'd rather not
get the error message.
Thanks
Peter
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