2013-03-19 07:55 AEST by Glen Starrett - I was trying to do an update on my scripts directory (like I've done hundreds of
times) and got this error, just once:

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In C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\March Hare\SalesScripts: "C:\Program Files
(x86)\CVS 
Suite\CVSNT\cvs.exe" -q update -d -P .
CVSROOT=:ssh:gstarrett@mail.march-hare.com:/scotty

cvsnt [server aborted]: cannot change permissions on temporary directory
/tmp/cvs-serv23558: Operation not permitted

Error, CVS operation failed (exit code 1)
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This can be caused by an 'old' directory still hanging around - it uses the
process id as part of the name, so chances of getting it twice in a row are slim.
 
A better approach would be to pick a new temp directory name if that one fails.