Re: Strange message from updatedb

[Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>]

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According to Furash Gary on 2/22/2007 9:00 AM:
> Here's the error messages I get
> 
> /usr/bin/updatedb: line 241: /var/locatedb.n: Permission denied

Sorry for the delay; I was on vacation.  I cannot reproduce this without
more details.  Do you have the permissions to create files underneath
/var?  Can you manually touch that file?  What do the following show?

$ ls -ld /var /var/locatedb.n
$ getfacl /var /var/locatedb.n

> /usr/bin/find: Filesystem loop detected; `/c/cygwin' is part of the same
> filesystem loop as `/'.

Not a problem.  You can use -prune or -xdev to avoid these types of messages.

> /usr/bin/find: /c/Program Files/MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 5.1.0
> GA/myeclipse/eclipse/plugins/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.hipp
> ie_1.0.0.20070110/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.hippie/org/code
> haus/groovy/eclipse/codeassist/hippie/GroovyContentAssistProcessor.class
> : File name too long

Age-old problem that Windows allows the creation of files with names that
are just long enough that when you add a cygwin prefix, it becomes too
long for cygwin to handle.  Generally non-fatal, since internet temporary
files tends to be the worst offender, and since indexing temporary files
doesn't make much sense.  Perhaps cygwin 1.7.x will eventually allow
longer file names, now that it no longer is limited by the Windows 9x 260
character limit?

> /usr/bin/find: /c/System Volume Information: Permission denied

Not a problem - you can't find details about certain in-use system files.

Perhaps you should read these directions:
> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

and include 'cygcheck -svr' output as a text attachment, in case there is
anything else odd about your setup.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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