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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff-backup hangs on Cygwin, if source or targ
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Andrew Ferguson |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff-backup hangs on Cygwin, if source or target directory is on a FAT32 FS |
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Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:38:39 -0400 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Macintosh/20070509) |
Ralph Lehmann wrote:
> Hi,
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> I've compiled the current version from cvs, and it works fine with NTFS.
> Unfortunately rdiff-backup hangs, if it should read from or write to a
> FAT32 Filesystem in a Cygwin environment.
Yes, this is a known problem with Cygwin when you try to stat() the file
"aux", which rdiff-backup does when testing whether to escape DOS devices.
I sent Marc Dyksterhouse (who contributed the code) an e-mail about if
it is possible to use another file (such as "con") instead.
Andrew
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