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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Peculiarities with tar
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:02:32 +0200
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Andrew Markebo

> / "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" 
> <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com> wrote:
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> |  //FUJITSU2/ is a 200MHz P2 and has McAfee 5.21 running on it.
> | McAfee checks the files as they're read - does that affect 
> tar's  behaviour?
> 
> I recognize this, saw similar problem, disappeared when disabling the
> McAfee antivirus, give that a try.. 
> 
> How to get it fixed, turn off mcafee while backupping.
> 
> | - Is there a "last accessed date" on FAT32 partitions?
> | - Does that change as McAfee reads files?
> | - Shouldn't the fact that *tar* reads files also affect the date?
> 
> The data affected IMHO should only be raised when it is changed, not
> read, problem could be that because fat32 don't have a read-tag, it is
> mapped to changed.. and therefore the file gets 'updated' when read.
> 
>        /Andy

 In other words: "Incomplete filesystem error"

 The other *.exe files (given total: 14) didn't make tar react...
I guess it must be a "race condition" between tar and McAfee then.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden 

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