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From:	Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri AT yahoo DOT it>
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--- Gio 21/10/10, msmoore  ha scritto:

>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> I need help with getting rid of a dos warning.=A0 I have
> a Windows 7 computer
> running a script that requires rsync in Cygwin.=A0 When
> the batch script is
> run, I get the following error:
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> Nonempty Server backup error log on computer2
>=20
> cygwin warning:
> =A0 MS-DOS style path detected:
> E:/backups/Server/files/
> =A0 Preferred POSIX equivalent is:
> /cygdrive/e/backups/Server/files/
> =A0 CYGWIN environment variable option
> "nodosfilewarning" turns off this
> warning.
> =A0 Consult the user's guide for more details about
> POSIX paths:
> =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
>=20
> So I edited the cygwin batch file to say:
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> @echo off
>=20
> C:
> chdir C:\cygwin\bin
>=20
> set CYGWIN=3Dnodosfilewarning
>=20
> bash --login -i
>=20
> But I still get the error.
>=20
> Any ideas?

the solution is this one:

  Preferred POSIX equivalent is:
 /cygdrive/e/backups/Server/files/


as example I backup my data on c:\MieiDocumenti=20
with

cd /cygdrive/c/
rsync -ptvrW MieiDocumenti /cygdrive/f/backup

Regards
Marco




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