Re: [FC5] Tar strangeness

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 5/13/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 01:07, M.Lewis wrote:
> In trying to backup my t'bird installation (which I have done without
> errors plenty of times with FC4) I'm getting the following error. Always
> on the same mbox file:
>
> ....
> ....
> /home/cajun/mail/Saved Mail
> /home/cajun/mail/ALL-Humor
> tar: /home/cajun/mail: file changed as we read it
>
>
> I have even went as far as to stop Dovecot when trying to backup my
> t'bird. Of course, t'bird is not running at the time. Anyone have any
> clues as to what might be happening?

Do an 'ls -l /home/cajun/mail' before and after the tar run to
see if tar is correct.  Does new mail deliver directly to this
mailbox?

--
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx


--
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list


Have you used LSOF  to verify if the directory is still opened after
closing thunderbird?


[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux