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Can anyone help me determine why I get deadlock errors at the end of this Go code I'm writing? The program actually runs properly but I get a deadlock errors. I'm new to writing concurrent code so any help is greatly appreciated. I have omitted some lines that I know aren't the problem just to make it quicker to read.
func MoveWorksheets(worksheetList []string) {
var wg sync.WaitGroup
for _, worksheet := range worksheetList {
wg.Add(1)
go MoveFile(src, dst, wg)
}
wg.Wait()
}
func MoveFile(src, dst string, wg sync.WaitGroup) (err error) {
defer wg.Done()
sfi, err := os.Stat(src)
if err != nil {
return
}
if !sfi.Mode().IsRegular() {
// cannot copy non-regular files (e.g., directories,
// symlinks, devices, etc.)
return fmt.Errorf("CopyFile: non-regular source file %s (%q)", sfi.Name(), sfi.Mode().String())
}
dfi, err := os.Stat(dst)
if err != nil {
if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
return
}
} else {
if !(dfi.Mode().IsRegular()) {
return fmt.Errorf("CopyFile: non-regular destination file %s (%q)", dfi.Name(), dfi.Mode().String())
}
if os.SameFile(sfi, dfi) {
return
}
}
/*if err = os.Link(src, dst); err == nil {
return
}*/
err = MoveFileContents(src, dst)
return
}
func MoveFileContents(src, dst string) (err error) {
merr := os.Rename(src, dst)
if merr != nil {
log.Fatal(merr)
}
return
}
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