Shared Folder "protocol error" when rm files or us

[ggeisen]

Share folder is mounted rw and I can browse, create and delete files, but some operations fail with a "protocol error". Specifically the commands `rm ~*`, `rm *.o` and `ar <library>`.

WinVista host with folder shared (all firewalls off)
RedHat 7, CentOS, Ubuntu guests (all exhibit same problem)

[Sasquatch]

Do you get the same error if you do it from a file manager like Nautilus? If you want to remove a file that starts with a tilde (~), you need to tell it that it's the current folder, as ~ is also referred to your home folder.

[ggeisen]

`rm *.o` fails also, as root

interesting though ... if no .o files exist I get the error (which I can probably live with) but `rm *.o` works silently if at least one .o file exists.

Now I just have to figure out what's going on with the `ar` command

[ile]

I get a lot of these when compiling stuff.

[Sasquatch]

Did you check the small FAQ in my Shared Folders guide (Howto: Use Shared Folders)? If that doesn't work, then it appears that shared folders isn't really made for compiling source code. I've read other replies of Windows users unable to run their Visual Studio projects from a shared folder. I know it is an additional step in compiling software, but copy the sources to the local drive of the VM and compile it from there.

[ile]

Yes, I did. I have a Win7 host and a Linux guest, and get these "rm: protocol errors", also there was some other problems with compiling, but the cause may be similar as for the protocol errors.

Well, I will try a FAT32 filesystem next for the shared folder id it makes any difference...

[Sasquatch]

It's not the Host file system that's the problem, it's either the shared folder name and mount point on the Linux Guest. With copying it to a local drive, I mean you copy the files you want to compile to the VM drive itself. I'm sure that it will compile properly after that.

[ile]

Yes, I'm sure copying will work, but that would defeat some benefits of the shared folder - I would like to use editor in Windows and compile in Linux...

[marriealen]

These errors are mainly due to locked long paths,to do it efficiently i had used a tool available at http://pathtoodeep.com ,it will surely help you resolve this problem