It was due to anti virus policies. I worked with IT to get the file moved to the allowed list. I never experienced any negative side effects with using git without the file and I believe it's safe to ignore. Some programs will halt installation if it's unable to install (if I remember correctly, vagrant was one such program).
On Sep 8, 2017 3:41 PM, "Moby Disk" <mobyd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Years later, I am getting this problem. What did you do? > > On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 4:24:46 PM UTC-5, hank wrote: >> >> During the install of git on windows (using latest version - 2.6.3) I get >> an error that reads as: >> --------------------------- >> Error >> --------------------------- >> C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\file.exe >> >> An error occurred while trying to rename a file in the destination >> directory: >> >> MoveFile failed; code 5. >> >> Access is denied. >> >> >> Click Retry to try again, Ignore to skip this file (not recommended), or >> Abort to cancel installation. >> --------------------------- >> Abort Retry Ignore >> --------------------------- >> >> Abort cancels the install; retry tries again - it will fail again; and >> ignore simply continues. When I go with ignore; the install finishes OK >> and basic git commands seem to work OK. >> >> I'm fairly certain this error due to my workplace's antivirus. I tried >> simply creating an empty file named file.exe and it failed to do so. I >> have a file.exe already on my system from cygwin and when i try to run it i >> get a permission denied. >> >> Looking at the manual for file (http://linux.die.net/man/1/file) it >> gives information on a file; such as last modification, type of file etc. >> >> Finally; my question - are there any side affects that I should be aware >> of if my system is missing file.exe? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/git-users/5AmPWflZ0Eo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
