On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 23:10, M.Hockings wrote: > dalen wrote: > > > M.Hockings wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to do some quick backups from a Win2K laptop to a Fedora > >> Core 1 desktop but it ain't working. The backups are just a bunch of > >> xcopy's. Most of them run fine but two fail and I don't understand > >> why. It appears that xcopy is attempting to create directories in > >> both cases. When I run the backup targeting a Win98 desktop there is > >> no problem. Any ideas as to what the problem might be? > >> > >> d:\>xcopy /S /Z /V /Q /Y /I /H /R /D /EXCLUDE:d:\bat\bu2x.exclude > >> d:\ApplicationData\* \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\ > >> Access denied Unable to create directory - > >> \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\nof7\Templates\MXTemplates > >> 0 File(s) copied > >> > >> d:\>xcopy /S /Z /V /Q /Y /I /H /R /D "D:\Program Files\NetObjects > >> Fusion 7\*" \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\programfiles\nof7 > >> Access denied Unable to create directory - > >> \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\programfiles\nof7\Components\ApollonComponents > > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > The access denied error makes me think of permission issues. Try > > (from the laptop) > > mkdir \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\nof7\Templates\MXTemplates > > If this fails, you need to adjust smb.conf or directory permissions on > > fc1. > > > > Is MXTemplates the actual directory name or just the first part as in > > is "MXTemplates Folder yadda yadda"? It could be a problem with spaces. > > > > If it is not either of these, you might try smbtar. See man smbtar > > fro details. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dale > > Hi Dale, > > MXTemplates is the name of the file. I can create the directory from > the command line in Windows with no problem but the xcopy from Win2K > still fails with the same error. I'll re-check permissions though other > xcopy calls have created hundreds of other directories and probably > thousands of files but it gets stuck on these. > > I'm trying to initiate the copy from Windows so Linux commands probably > would not help. Hmmm, I do have cygwin installed here.... > > Kind regards, > > Mike > > Then script the backup in cygwin/bash and se what happens... Sturla
