Manoj Awasthi wrote: > Hi gurus, > > I am all of a sudden getting ETXTBSY error executing a binary and reading > some details on internet I found that reason could be: > [...] > I am trying to execute an ELF corresponding to the C program whose text is > shown below. But above thing is not convincing - who can be writing to my > file which is afterall a binary. "Text" here means the ".text" section in executable file, not human-readable text. [...] > root@manoj-desktop:~/kdev/lockit/cmd/src# strace ./lock > execve("./lock", ["./lock"], [/* 37 vars */]) = -1 ETXTBSY (Text file busy) man execve(2), under ERROR: ETXTBSY Executable was open for writing by one or more processes. [...] -- This space was intended to be left blank. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ