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Re: Apparently successful xfs_copy gives "-9" returncode

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Subject: Re: Apparently successful xfs_copy gives "-9" returncode
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 18:24:31 -0500
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On 4/9/16 12:55 PM, Richard C wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm writing a script that helps with hard disk cloning and am running into a 
> problem whereby xfs_copy is returning -9 when there is nothing in the log and 
> no indication on stdout or stderr, example below.
> 
> I've had a search and couldn't find anything mentioned. Can anyone shed any 
> light, maybe which version I should try if you suspect this has already been 
> fixed?
> Dist: Ubuntu Trusty
> xfsprogs: 3.1.9

# git show v3.1.9
tag v3.1.9
Tagger: Ben Myers <bpm@xxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Dec 12 14:51:24 2012 -0600

> $ losetup /dev/loop2 ./disk.img
> $ xfs_copy /dev/loop1p6 /dev/loop2
>  0%  ... 10%  ... 20%  ... 30%  ... 40%  ... 50%  ... 60%  ... 70%  ... 80%  
> ... 90%  ... 100%
> All copies completed.
> $ echo $?
> -9

Something not so ancient behaves as expected here:

# copy/xfs_copy fsfile fsfile2
Creating file fsfile2
 0%  ... 10%  ... 20%  ... 30%  ... 40%  ... 50%  ... 60%  ... 70%  ... 80%  
... 90%  ... 100%

All copies completed.
# echo $?
0

# copy/xfs_copy -V
xfs_copy version 4.5.0

-Eric

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