Why do I get the following error message on my CIFS mount: "mv: cannot move `a' to a subdirectory of itself, `done/a'"?
Issue
When moving a file that is in use on a mounted CIFS filesystem you can get the error "mv: cannot move `a' to a subdirectory of itself, `done/a'" while the file should be moved without errors or the mv command should have an exit code not equal to 0.
This does not appear when using a Linux Samba server sharing a CIFS export or when using a Windows 2008 server.
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4)
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CIFS mount from a Windows 2003R1 server
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