I noticed now that _after_ running the above command, the file does exist, but is 0 bytes and is listed with r/w permissions (when I log in). But I am guessing that the source site does not have write permissions on this file, so that is consistent with what you were saying. So I think I understand now your point, but it's still a confusing message for a new user ;) --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/308#issuecomment-159590051 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1