reikred@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:reikred@xxxxxxxxx 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"
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Does anyone want to suggest a way to get around this? I think sincels 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. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/