Re: Error: Can't open 'C:\DOCUME~1\DHOCKI~1.TSI\LOCALS~1\Temp\tempfile.tmp': Access is denied.

On 19/09/2007, Doug Hockin <dhockin@tibco.com> wrote:
> I'm using TortoiseSVN on Windows XP SP2.
>
> Somewhere in the middle of a very large import via HTTP to
> a repository I got the error:
>
> ...
> Adding: C:\Projects\SVN-Import\Client\trunk\SWEOLib\EOObjs\Proc.cpp
> Adding: C:\Projects\SVN-Import\Client\trunk\SWEOLib\EOObjs\WorkQ.cpp
> Error: Can't open 'C:\DOCUME~1\DHOCKI~1.TSI\LOCALS~1\Temp\tempfile.tmp':
> Access is denied.
>
> They look like DOS file names.
>
> I have never created a user with that name (my user directory is
> dhockin.tsi-pa). Where did it come from?
>
> Why is TSVN accessing that file? Or is it SVN?
>
> Why did it wait for a half hour into the import before it tried to
> access it?

This is generally due to a virus scanner or something similar holding
a lock on a file when it shouldn't. Try disabling the scanner during
import.

Simon

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