From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 05:17:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D3816A422 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:17:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFF2F43D5C for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:17:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1DnUwW-0004b7-9c; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:17:01 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: <42C20ADE.8080608@mykitchentable.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:16:59 -0600 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50, GREYLIST_ISWHITE autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Mon May 30 00:43:02 MDT 2005) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Cc: Drew Tomlinson , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How Can I Clean Up Files That Don't Exist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:17:03 -0000 On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:35 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > It looks, i'm not sure, like they're not vaild file names. They appear like valid filenames to me (and like the names you get with courier for messages) The issue is that tar is getting a file list and then the user is downloading (POP) or deleting or changing the status of a message (like reading it -- the filename itself encodes the read, deleted, etc status of a message) before tar actually archives it. Or something like that. The file system is changing out from underneath the OP. make a snapshot first if this is an issue. Chad > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net