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Re: Error while doing a cleanup

From: Peter McNab <mcnab_p_at_melbpc.org.au>
Date: 2005-12-09 13:20:42 CET

Stefan Küng wrote:

> Judah Frangipane wrote:
>
>> Long time listener first time caller. We started having locking
>> errors on a file were trying to commit. Tortoise SVN recommended we
>> run clean up. 'Please execute the "Cleanup" command.'. We did this
>> and in the process we received a new error:
>>
>> Subversion reported an error while doing a cleanup!
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> In directory 'blank'
>> Can't copy 'blank.svn-base' to 'blank.4.tmp':
>> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>
> That looks bad. If even a cleanup reports an error, your working copy
> really seems messed up. Maybe you have to do a fresh checkout.
>
> Reasons for such things can be:
> - bad harddrive (run chkdsk once in a while)
> - other programs having Subversions internal files open (virus
> scanners are known to do that - you should always exclude your working
> copies from being scanned)
>
> Stefan
>
>
I have never noticed any influence over my WCs by VET anti-virus.Maybe
because they are not dealt with by email. So the above advice might only
be applicable to some anti-virus software.

Peter

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