At 02:00 PM 1/12/2004, DAVID SPEAR you wrote: >Hi folks: > >I am running cygwin under Win2K Pro SP4, and am having some trouble creating >backups with the gnu tar 1.13.25 that came with my distribution. Specifically, >I can make a full backup (of a directory) using: > >cygserver% tar -cf backup.tar -g /cygdrive/d/tmp/dumpdates-backup --ignore- >failed-read -l -v /cygdrive/d/myfolder > >No problem, creates the list file, etc. However, when I go to do my >incrementals using the same command (different target file of course) I get > >/cygdrive/d/myfolder/subfolder: Directory has been renamed >/cygdrive/d/myfolder/subfolder2: Directory has been renamed >etc., etc., etc. > >None of the reported directories have been renamed. So my "incrementals" are >huge. > >Now, at first I thought maybe this was due to whitespaces in the (windows) >pathnames, but I have eliminated this possibility with some testing. I have >seen (old old old) references to a similar problem having to do with Windows >changing the reported inode of files upon reboot but I have not rebooted the >machine. All files to be backed up are local. > >It appears that anything within the C:\\cygwin directory has no problems... >maybe just stuff accessed via /cygdrive/"X"??? > >BTW, I ported my backup scripts from an old WinME box on which they worked >perfectly. > >Any help greatly appreciated.
I assume you missed this in your search for info? <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg01653.html> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
