Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:45:11 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Cc: freebsd@meijome.net, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How Can I Clean Up Files That Don't Exist? Message-ID: <42C2B3F7.6010603@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <DAC29ADC-0FBC-4644-B13B-3B007F2716D5@shire.net> References: <42C20ADE.8080608@mykitchentable.net> <ef10de9a050628203547a17185@mail.gmail.com> <DAC29ADC-0FBC-4644-B13B-3B007F2716D5@shire.net>
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On 6/28/2005 10:16 PM Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > 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 Thank you and Norberto for your replies. Your explanations make sense for most cases but I don't think it applies to mine. This is a small home system and the only mail users are myself and my wife. Thus I had the luxury of stopping courier-imap and trying tar again. Same errors. Also, I don't think I can make a snapshot since I am on version 4.11. Ironically, I'm trying to get good backups so I can blow away my system and install version 5.4. :) Any other ideas? Thanks, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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