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bug #17540: cp: cannot backup `./.': Device or resource busy

Submitter:  Andreas Schwab <schwab>
Submitted:  Sat 26 Aug 2006 09:11:59 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Closed

Sun 27 Aug 2006 07:57:36 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for the report. I've checked in a fix for this.  Details here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/7943

Jim Meyering <meyering>
Group administrator
Sat 26 Aug 2006 09:11:59 PM UTC, original submission:  

$ cp --version | head -1
cp (GNU coreutils) 6.2-cvs
$ mkdir x y
$ cd y
$ cp -ab ../x/. .
cp: cannot backup `./.': Device or resource busy

Andreas Schwab <schwab>

 

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