Hi! ----
I just hit an endless loop with /usr/bin/cp from "coreutils" version 9.5-1 copying a larger *.pdb file (it seems that only this specific file is affected...) from Visual Studio 19. Using strace -p $pid_of_cp I get this output: ---- snip ---- ... 212 11917852 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 200 11918052 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 239 11918291 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 266 11918557 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 160 11918717 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 178 11918895 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 215 11919110 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 240 11919350 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 202 11919552 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 189 11919741 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 185 11919926 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 277 11920203 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 445 11920648 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 241 11920889 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 264 11921153 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 231 11921384 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 205 11921589 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 220 11921809 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 228 11922037 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 225 11922262 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 254 11922516 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 201 11922717 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 192 11922909 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 218 11923127 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 259 11923386 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 220 11923606 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 215 11923821 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 203 11924024 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 205 11924229 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 205 11924434 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 218 11924652 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 205 11924857 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 202 11925059 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 221 11925280 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 209 11925489 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 202 11925691 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 761 11926452 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 271 11926723 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 573 11927296 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 1046 11928342 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 214 11928556 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 201 11928757 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 210 11928967 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 270 11929237 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 219 11929456 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 197 11929653 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 200 11929853 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 199 11930052 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 216 11930268 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 224 11930492 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 239 11930731 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 196 11930927 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 216 11931143 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 197 11931340 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) 200 11931540 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 194 11931734 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 3) 196 11931930 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 217 11932147 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 4) 208 11932355 [main] cp 1319 fhandler_base::lseek: setting file pointer to 1708032 207 11932562 [main] cp 1319 lseek: 1708032 = lseek(4, 1708032, 0) ... ---- snip ---- This never stops, even after a couple of hours, but cp(1) can be killed with <CTRL-C> Downgrading to "coreutils" version 9.0-1 fixes the problem. 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