[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a weird problem that I cannot quite wrap my head around.
I'm in cygwin trying to rsync from /e/ to /f/, using
rsync -Dogx -uav --delete /e/ /f/
I get a LOT of error messages of the type
file has vanished: "/e/usr/share/man/man3/Glib::Error.3pm.gz"
file has vanished: "/e/usr/share/man/man3/Gtk2::CodeGen.3pm.gz"
file has vanished: "/e/usr/share/man/man3/Gtk2::Entry.3pm.gz"
<snip>
Does anyone want to suggest a way to get around this? I think since
ls exhibits the same problem it should not be rsync's fault, but it
may possibly relate to ext2fsd rather than cygwin.
You're certainly adding some interesting variables with ext2fsd involved,
particularly when it comes to permissions. But in this case, ':' is a
special character in Windows so you're going to see trouble regardless
of your underlying file-system and driver. The moral of the story is
don't try to do things on Windows that it's not good at. ;-)
Some more information: If I look at /e/usr/share/man/man3/ with Windows
XP (File) Explorer, the :: files are in fact visible, but I cannot
operate on them (for example, copy and paste) without getting error
messages. So Ext2fsd is serving up the files, but some other part of the
system is balking at the names.
I guess /bin/ls is similar in the sense that it "sees" the file, but
when it tries to list the name, it runs into some restriction.
I wish there was a way to disable the restriction, maybe even just
temporarily or on a per-program basis...
That would be a Windows issue. I don't know of any utility to make
this easier for you, though I wouldn't rule out that one exists.
You may find something on Windows forums.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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