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From: deckard@mrsvr.UUCP (Todd Deckard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: stale NFS file handle
Keywords: file handle 386i DOS
Message-ID: <2813@mrsvr.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 90 17:33:39 GMT
Organization: GE Medical, MR Center, Milwaukee
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Question, We have a Sun 386i on our network and are using it as a DOS compile engine.  Problem:
sometimes when the DOS software has accessed a file, the next attempt to touch it (from a normal Unix window)
yields a "stale NFS file handle" error.  Can someone explain what this error is, and what causes it, and 
why we might be having problems with it in this instance.

Thanks
-Todd