Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-07-13 Thread Jason
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 01:30:36PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2017-07-05 21:38, Jason wrote: > > > - create a file such as "mail.img" on your FAT partition, format > > > it as something smarter (e.g. ext{2,3,4}, UFS or ZFS), and mount > > > it as a loop-back/memory-disk, to which you can then use

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-07-10 Thread Tim Chase
On 2017-07-05 21:38, Jason wrote: > > - create a file such as "mail.img" on your FAT partition, format > > it as something smarter (e.g. ext{2,3,4}, UFS or ZFS), and mount > > it as a loop-back/memory-disk, to which you can then use rsync to > > that loopback device. This allows for actual sym-lin

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-07-05 Thread Jason
On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 01:55:09PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2017-06-27 10:00, Jason wrote: > > 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: > >

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-07-02 Thread Tim Chase
On 2017-06-27 10:00, Jason wrote: > 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 fat

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-28 Thread Jason
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 09:23:33AM -0400, Mark H. Wood wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 03:29:16PM -0500, Jason wrote: > > I've been experimenting with tar. Let's say I decide to use tar and > > forget about using rsync for mails, what would be some good options to > > use to only update the archi

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-28 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 03:29:16PM -0500, Jason wrote: > I've been experimenting with tar. Let's say I decide to use tar and > forget about using rsync for mails, what would be some good options to > use to only update the archive with new files? I have tried: > > tar uGvf ~/Main/mail.tar /path/t

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Matthias Apitz
El martes, 27 de junio de 2017 22:27:07 (CEST), Ian Zimmerman escribió: On 2017-06-27 21:05, Bastian wrote: c Don't use fat (sry, could not resist) While we're at it, using a USB flash (I assume) stick for backups is also not a great idea, independently of the file system on it. Yes, so

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Rainer Sokoll
> Am 27.06.2017 um 17:00 schrieb Jason : > > 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 >

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Jason
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 01:27:07PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-06-27 21:05, Bastian wrote: > > > c Don't use fat (sry, could not resist) > > While we're at it, using a USB flash (I assume) stick for backups is > also not a great idea, independently of the file system on it. That may b

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 27Jun2017 10:00, Jason wrote: 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

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Jason
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 04:56:39PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:00:32AM -0500, Jason wrote: > >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 filena

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2017-06-27 21:05, Bastian wrote: > c Don't use fat (sry, could not resist) While we're at it, using a USB flash (I assume) stick for backups is also not a great idea, independently of the file system on it. -- Please *no* private Cc: on mailing lists and newsgroups Personal signed mail: pl

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Bastian
After following the thread a bit, my thoughts: On 27Jun17 20:22 +0200, Simon Thelen wrote: > On 17-06-27 at 11:20, Jason wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 05:49:30PM +0200, Simon Thelen wrote: > > > On 17-06-27 at 10:00, Jason wrote: > > > > I use rsync for doing incremental backups to a USB stic

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Simon Thelen
On 17-06-27 at 11:20, Jason wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 05:49:30PM +0200, Simon Thelen wrote: > > On 17-06-27 at 10:00, Jason wrote: > > > 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 c

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Jason
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 05:49:30PM +0200, Simon Thelen wrote: > On 17-06-27 at 10:00, Jason wrote: > > 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:

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Jason
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:15:50AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Jason [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: > >

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:00:32AM -0500, Jason wrote: 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

Re: How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Jason [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 form

How to backup emails with colon in file name

2017-06-27 Thread Jason
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 pr