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Re: (XP) cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file CVS/Entries.Backup to CVS/Entries: Permission denied
Ugh, top-posting, reformatted.
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Greg Jones wrote:
> "Shankar Unni" <shankarunni@XXXXXXXX.XXX> wrote:
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> > Greg Jones wrote:
> >
> >> cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file CVS/Entries.Backup to
> >> CVS/Entries: Permission denied
> >
> > This is a symptom of something else having that file open.
> >
> > * What Antivirus software do you have? They sometimes take a few seconds
> > to do their check, during which time the file is open.
> >
> > * Are you also running something else (like WinCVS), or any other package
> > that likes to scan directories based on change notifications? (Sometimes
> > you'll see this error if you have Windows explorer open at the right
> > (wrong) directory..)
>
> Thanks, that makes sense. Do you know if Windows provides any way to
> find out who the culprit is? Who has the file open?
There is a 'handle' utility from SysInternals that can tell you which
processes have handle to a particular file...
> I have a Symantec anti-virus. I'm not sure if I know about every time
> it's doing its thing. It might be, but it would be strange for it to
> fail every time.
>
> I'm not running WinCVS, or anything else that knows about those
> directories (in fact, CVS just created the directories). I don't have an
> Explorer open to those directories.
HTH,
Igor
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