[jcifs] jcifs.smb.SmbException: The handle is invalid.

[Shon Vella]

If you’ve got stuff going on concurrently in multiple threads, it could also be related to this:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.samba.java/9353

Also wondering if maybe that megabyte buffer you are using could be an issue.

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On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:08 AM, Michael B Allen <ioplex at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:04 AM, btandel <bhargav.tandel at highq.com> wrote:
>> I am getting jcifs.smb.SmbException: The handle is invalid while copying
>> a file. This error occurs in the middle of copying.
>> 
>> SmbFileInputStream fin = null;
>> SmbFile file = new SmbFile("path");
>> fin = new SmbFileInputStream(file);
>> 
>> FileOutputStream fos = null;
>> File tmpFile = File.createTempFile("fileName", "docextention");
>> try
>> {
>>        fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
>>        byte[] b = new byte[1048576];
>>        int count = 0;
>>        while ((count = fin.read(b)) > 0)
>>        {
>>                fos.write(b, 0, count);
>>        }
>>        // System.out.println("fos" + fos.toString());
>> }
>> catch (Exception e)
>> {
>>        logger.error(e.getMessage());
>>        new ExceptionHandler().exceptionMail(e);
>> }
>> 
>> Error is generated from line : while ((count = fin.read(b)) > 0)
>> 
>> jcifs.smb.SmbException: The handle is invalid.
>> <br>    at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.checkStatus(SmbTransport.java:563)
>> <br>    at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.send(SmbTransport.java:663)
> <snip>
> 
> Hi btandel,
> 
> The "handle is invalid" error is coming from the server. This is the
> sort of error you might get if the file was deleted from the server
> while you were in the middle of reading it.
> 
> Mike
> 
> -- 
> Michael B Allen
> Java Active Directory Integration
> http://www.ioplex.com/