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Subject:	Re: colons with rsync
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:43:41 +0100
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> I did manage to create a file called ':saved' (on NTFS).  It didn't show
> up in directory listings (simple 'ls'), but did in an explicit 'ls
> :saved'.  I also could write to it and read from it, so I'm not sure
> exactly where or how the file was created ('mv :saved ./Zsaved' said "mv:
> cannot move `:saved' to a subdirectory of itself, `./Zsaved'", so I'm
> guessing Win2k got pretty confused).  'rm :saved' worked, though.

I think the data went into a named stream attached to the directory you did
these tests in. That would be consistent with the mv error.


Max.


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