Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:07:11 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question About System Update Message-ID: <200504202007.j3KK7B24003147@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20050419163237.76a99373.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: >bash-2.05b$ su >Password: >bolivia# cp /usr/sbin/cron /home/wmoran/. >bolivia# cp /home/wmoran/cron /usr/sbin/. >cp: /usr/sbin/./cron: Text file busy >bolivia# > >Notice that /usr/sbin/cron is in use (because my system is running >normally) I can copy _from_ that file, but I can not overwrite it. drjekyll:~$ cp /bin/sh foo drjekyll:~$ ./foo drjekyll$ cp /bin/sh foo cp: foo: Text file busy drjekyll$ install /bin/sh foo drjekyll$ echo $? 0 Guess why it's not using "cp"? mkb.
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