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cp, ls, and mv bug: unknown error (252)

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Message #8 received at 6053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: "Callahan, Patrick M." <pat.callahan <at> gd-ais.com>
Cc: 6053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6053: cp, ls, and mv bug: unknown error (252)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:10:33 +0100

On 27/04/10 14:43, Callahan, Patrick M. wrote:
> When using coreutils binaries either built from sources or installed
> from the Porting And Archive Centre for HP-UX we see errors of the type
> below when copying (cp), listing (ls), or moving (mv) files or
> directories on Quantum's StorNext file system (cvfs).  When we build
> "--without-acl" we do not see these errors.
> 
>> mv SEG_5_1* ~/release-input/dev-to-integration
> mv: preserving permissions for
> `/usr/people/archive/release-input/dev-to-integation/SEG_5_1.txt':
> Unknown error (252)

It seems the file system is returning that which we're dutifully reporting.
An strace or equivalent would be informative.
Also the version of coreutils you're using would be good to note
(8.5 was just released).

cheers,
Pádraig.

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