Follow-up Comment #2, bug #79710 (project xrootd): The guilty line is this one: Xrdcp.cc:434 if ( (nr = read(cpnfo.localfile, buf, XRDCP_BLOCKSIZE)) ) { The read fails, because the file on the local filesystem is broken (there was a power cut that caused hardware problems) but the code assumes success. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?79710> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by LCG Savannah http://savannah.cern.ch/