Odd 'invalid argument' error

Jay Pharis — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 23:58:44 GMT

I've got a 10.20 system exhibiting some weird behavior. I'm hoping someone can point me to a nice kernel parameter to tweak to fix this, since according to CPM I am up to date on all patches. Anyhoo, here is one way I can always reproduce the errors...
===========================

/home/ops18 >cvs co backoffice

cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file .new.v400.itdsbill.cpy to v400.itdsbill.cpy: Invalid argument
/home/ops18 >cvs co backoffice
? backoffice/copybook/.new.v400.itdsbill.cpy
cvs server: Updating backoffice
cvs server: Updating backoffice/copybook
U backoffice/copybook/v400.itdsbill.cpy

cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file .new.SAMPLES.DAT to SAMPLES.DAT: Invalid argument
/home/ops18 >cvs co backoffice

============================

This happens on the exact same files every time. I've also run across this issue using tar on this machine, and other commands, such as cp:

============================
/home/ops18 >cp -R backoffice testdir
cp: cannot create testdir/copybook/v400.itdsbmc1.cpy: Invalid argument
cp: cannot create testdir/scripts/SAMPLES.READ: Invalid argument
cp: cannot create testdir/source/cellisft.cob: Invalid argument
/home/ops18 >cp -R backoffice testdir
cp: cannot create testdir/backoffice/copybook/v400.itdsbmc1.cpy: Invalid argument
cp: cannot create testdir/backoffice/scripts/SAMPLES.READ: Invalid argument
cp: cannot create testdir/backoffice/source/cellisft.cob: Invalid argument
/home/ops18 >cp -R backoffice testdir
/home/ops18>

============================

This always fails on the same 3 files twice, then works fine the third time. These are not the same files as above.

Anyone have any idea? I've beat myself up trying to figger this one out.

Re: Odd 'invalid argument' error

Pauline Brasch — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:10:14 GMT

Ensure that you have patch PHKL_16751...

Re: Odd 'invalid argument' error

Jay Pharis — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:23:13 GMT

Aye, that patch is installed, as are all the 'Recommended' patches per Custom Patch Manager.

topic Re: Odd 'invalid argument' error in Operating System - HP-UX

Odd 'invalid argument' error

Re: Odd 'invalid argument' error

Re: Odd 'invalid argument' error