Re: rsync 2.6.9-2 cannot sync file with special long filename

Brian Dessent wrote: > You can use a managed mount as a workaround. Thanks very much. This worked perfect for me. ( Mounting a windows folder: mount -s -b -o managed "d:/backup" "/var/backup" , and using /var/backup as the target location for the rsync.) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.c

Re: rsync 2.6.9-2 cannot sync file with special long filename

Michael wrote: > I assume this is a bug in rsync or bash, and I believe the colon is > causing the trouble. You are correct that the colon is the problem, but it is not a bug. This is a restriction imposed by the design of Windows -- there are a number of characters that Windows does not allow i

rsync 2.6.9-2 cannot sync file with special long filename

Hi all, I try to use rsync to synchronize a file which has an odd name ( it's a Maildir file created from courier-imap). The filename is: 1198103388.M260996P29306V0713I000480DC_0.vl02s26,S=2503:2,S I want to sync from a remote linux machine to local windows machine with rsync 2.6.9-2 f