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What does «cvs update: cannot remove foo/bar: Bad address» mean?

April 26, 2017bad bar foo mean remove

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What does «cvs update: cannot remove foo/bar: Bad address» mean?

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This error occurs when your CVS command should remove some directory (e.g. cvs update -P), but the directory is currently in use by some other process (e.g. it is current working directory for some command line window or editor) and thus cannot be removed.