* Jason <elect...@emypeople.net> [06-27-17 11:05]: > I use rsync for doing incremental backups to a USB stick. I am having > a problem that rsync does not like backing up my mutt emails since > they contain a colon in the filename. For example: > > 1498570870.M370636P2743Q2R5bbb999d0aefc481.net1:2,S > > Using fat32 format on the USB stick may be part of the problem but I > don't want to change to a different format for other reasons. > > What is the best way to backup these emails or how do others handle > this?
not tried: enclose file-name in quotes. maybe tr to change from ":" to "\:" but fat32 might not like that??? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
