From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2011-02-08T22:48:56+09:00
Subject: Re: "permission denied" happening too often

Jeremy Bopp wrote in post #980293:
> On 02/08/2011 07:40 AM, Peter Bailey wrote:
>> Markus Schirp wrote in post #980289:
>>> You can also try to strace your script. In the logs you'll find the
>>> system
>>> call causing the Permission denied...
>>
>> strace? Hmmm. Never heard of that. I'll have to look into it.
>
> Given that you're on Windows, you don't have strace; however, Process
> Monitor from SysInternals
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645) should be
> able to do much the same operation.
>
> The likely problem though is that some other process, or even that
> running your script, still has one of the files or directories you're
> trying to move open and in use.  Common culprits are virus scanners, so
> if you have one of those, you might try temporarily disabling it and see
> if that eliminates your problem.  In rare cases, it is necessary to
> remove such offending software entirely.
>
> -Jeremy

I don't have the right to disable the virus scanner on this server. 
That's controlled by IT guys. I'll look into the SysInternals thing. 
I've used their stuff before. Thanks.

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