[cvsnt] cannot rename CVS/Entries.Extra.Backup

Torsten Martinsen torsten at vip.cybercity.dk
Tue Sep 12 22:01:09 BST 2006


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Georg Offner wrote:
>> Georg Offner wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> running CVSNT 2.0.58d on SuSe Linux 9.2 as server and using wincvs 
>>> 2.0.3.1 I *sometimes* see the following error checking out a repository:
>>> cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file CVS/Entries.Extra.Backup to 
>>> CVS/Entries.Extra: Permission denied
>>>       
>> Almost certainly an antivirus program locking the files.
>>
>> -Torsten
>>     
>
> Thanks Torsten,
>
> is it a file locking problem on the client side?
Yes.

-Torsten


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