[NTLUG:Discuss] Stale NFS file handles.

[Stephen J Baker]

> Stephen J Baker wrote:
> >
> > When I move a particular set of files onto the Linux box
> > and run a large, complex compilation on them, I get a bunch
> > of 'Stale NFS file handle' complaints from my desktop machine.
> > Rerunning the same compilation sequence produces these errors
> > in different places each time (or so it seems).
 
 
> Steve,
> 
> Are you moving, copying, or linking to the original files?
 
A couple of days ago, I did this:

  cd oldserver
  make clean       -- To get rid of files I don't need to copy
  tar cf - * | ( cd linuxserver ; tar xvf - )

...to copy the files onto my new (Linux) server.  Then I've just been
using that copy to do my day-to-day work.

> Is it possible your copying (if copying) a link rather than the file?

No.  The files it's complaining about (these '.lo' files) are created
within the build process and were never linked or copied across from
the old server.  I only copied the source files.

What's strange is that the setup I now have at work (Linux workstation
mounting files from Linux NFS server) is pretty much the same as I
have at home - and I don't see these problems there.


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