I was copying files from linux to windows (via COPSSH) using a command like (from linux shell):
scp -pr dir administrator@win:/cygdrive/c/dest/
(dir was a directory with files and subdirectories)
Transfer was interrupted by pressing ctrl-c (from linux shell). I was able to delete all the files copied to windows except the one which transfer was interrupted on and (sub)directories in which it resides.
How can I delete this file?
In security settings of this file as current owner is "Unable to display current owner". I tried (of course as administrator) to change ownership of this file to administrator, but always got "Access is denied". I also tried this as SvcCOPSSH user (copSSH service account) and as sshd (copSSH privilege separation user) but that as well didn't succeed.
That command didn't do the job either:
takeown /F file /A
Is there a solution to this?
Best Answer
Go to Administrative Tools, Computer Management, System Tools, Shared Folders, Open Files. Close the open file connection.
Or reboot Windows. If there is an existing connection, shut-down will close it.
Or leave it for a while. If there is no connection, or if the connection is using BITs, the open file will timeout after a while.
Does SCP use Background Intelligent Transfer? (Unlikely). If so, use BITSadmin.