1.7.7: mv.exe hangs on locked directory

[Andy Koppe]

On 14 April 2011 13:01, Matt Packer wrote:
>
> This behaviour occurs on CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31
> 09:58. On Win7 x64 SP1 (Also occurs on SP0)
>
> Repro Steps:
>
> Open Bash window 1
> ====
> mkdir ${TMP}/foo;
> cd ${TMP}/foo;
>
> ===Leave this window open===
>
> Open Bash window 2
> ====
> mv ${TMP}/foo ${TMP}/bar;
>
> This will hang indefinitely and produce no fail message. This is a new bug,
> as when trying on an older version (CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.5.25(0.156/4/2)
> 2008-06-12 19:34) it shows an error and terminates.
>
> I have tried copying over both bash.exe and mv.exe from this old version to
> the new version however this does not resolve this problem.
>
> Any suggestions I can try?

Yep, try latest Cygwin, because 1.7.8 reinstated the ability to move
or delete working directories of Cygwin processes.

Andy

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