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On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 07:40:57PM +0100, Steffen Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > I am fiddling around with a problem I have. > The data in question is not vital, but I'd like > to understand what's going on before it *is* vital. > > I have a volume that is write-only but connected, > after the client was disconnected and I *know* > which files are in conflict. Volume state is: > > sneumann_at_Enceladus:/coda/vol/ai/share/laptop_liste > cfs lv . > Status of volume 0xffffffff (4294967295) named "A_Local_Fake_Volume" > Offline message is "This directory is made a fake volume because there is a conflict" > Volume type is ReadOnly > Connection State is Connected > > The console shows me there is a conflict: > 19:28:55 Local inconsistent object at /coda/vol/ai/share/laptop_liste, please check! > > Question: how to check ? The other tools deny the problem: > > sneumann_at_Enceladus:/coda/vol/ai/share/laptop_liste > cfs beginrepair . > . isn't inconsistent > > repair > beginrepair . > Could not allocate new repvol: Not leftmost conflict: Object not in conflict > beginrepair failed. Get out of the directory, you're blocking the conflict from turning into a symbolic link, and then into a expanded view that shows all versions of the conflict. $ cd .. $ ls -l laptop-liste # should show a dangling symlink. laptop-liste -> @7f0000xx.xxx.xxx $ repair > beginrepair laptop-liste > listlocal > checklocal > discardlocal > checklocal > preservelocal > etc... > I can't even flush the files: > > sneumann_at_Enceladus:/coda/vol/ai/share/laptop_liste > cfs flushobject /coda/vol/ai/share/laptop_liste/* > DANGER: these files will be lost, if disconnected > Do you really want to do this? [n] y > Fools rush in where angels fear to tread ........ > /coda/vol/ai/share/laptop_liste/Enceladus Can't flush active file Coda tries to `protect you' from throwing away files with associated CML entries. > Any clues, short of venus -init ? cfs purgeml /coda/vol/ai/share can be used to throw aways all the local changes and return to a 'sane' state. JanReceived on 2001-02-05 14:00:31