[ale] rsync error

[Benjie]

You could create a tarball that would preserve your filesystem
attributes and be stored on your vfat partition.

Benjie

On 7/15/06, Benjie <benjie.godfrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> It sounds like a permission problem.  fat filesystems don't support
> unix permissions, and the -a option under rsync is trying to preserve
> your permissions.  Maybe the permissions on some of your files aren't
> able to transfer to the vfat filesystem.
>
> Benjie
>
> On 7/15/06, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> > ok, I'm trying to back up my /home folder BEFORE I upgrade my main box
> > from SUSE 10.0 to Kubuntu.
> > I'm getting errors like this:
> >
> > .paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/new/
> > rsync: chown "/windows/E/pbc/.paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/new"
> > failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> > .paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/tmp/
> > rsync: chown "/windows/E/pbc/.paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/tmp"
> > failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> >
> >
> > the command was:
> > rsync  -Cavz /home /windows/E/
> > windows/E is a vfat partition, writeable by all.
> >
> > some files & folders did copy, and I did not have kmail open when I did
> > this.
> >
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> > Paul Cartwright
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