Hi, At the meeting a couple of weeks ago, it was said that someone was looking into this but I haven't heard anything back. Is there any new? Thanks, Chris. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brew, CAJ (Chris) > Sent: 17 May 2005 13:50 > To: [log in to unmask]; abh > Cc: Olaiya, EO (Emmanuel) > Subject: PreStage Problems > > Hi, > > I've been running some more tests of the staging at RAL and > have run into a problem somewhere in the > mps_Stage/PreStage/prep system. > > Everything work fine staging file that was on the system and > has been deleted but if I try to stage in a file that was one > a different server, hence the directory structure for the > file does not exist on the staging server it fails and I see > the following error in the PreStage log file: > > 12:45:43 [ 10859] mps_Stage: Open > '/stage/bdata-data50/kanga//store/SPskims/R12/16.0.2e/BtoKKKL/ > 001005/200002/DIR_LOCK' r/w failed; No such file or directory. > 12:45:43 [ 10859] do_stagein: xfr failed for > /store/SPskims/R12/16.0.2e/BtoKKKL/001005/200002/BtoKKKL_00100 > 5_3247.01.root, rc=4, retry=1 > 12:45:45 [ 3255] > file=/store/SPskims/R12/16.0.2e/BtoKKKL/001005/200002/BtoKKKL_ > 0010053247.01.root, rc=1024, reqid=ef000001:1cd2.425d27e1 > :3762 > > If I create the directories and the DIR_LOCK file before > running the import, everything works. > > The config file I'm using on the server is below. > > Is there some setting I'm missing which is needed to create > the directories/DIR_LOCK file or does the code need fixing? > > Thanks, > Chris > > -- > Chris Brew ([log in to unmask]) +44 1235 446326 > Particle Physics Department > Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > Chilton, Didcot. Oxfordshire. > OX11 0QX. United Kingdom. >