"Campbell Smith, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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.
What does 'strace -o trace.tr cp old new' say? The trace.tr file will tell you which system call is failing. Newer versions of 'cp' are a bit more careful about checking system call status, so that might explain why your older 'cp' didn't complain. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
