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Subject: Re: Rsync and FAT32
From: Panos Katergiathis <eyeprotocol AT gmail DOT com>
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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 22:12:14 +0200
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Thank you for your polite reply.
The issue at hand is of a more generic nature and (if Google is any witness=
) is rather old. I am referring to the well known problem of cygwin (at lea=
st, when rsync is used) not properly handling NTFS permissions, thus result=
ing in folders and files that are no longer deletable, therefore updatable,=
 therefore usable.
I thought that, by using a FAT32 partition, perhaps permissions would no lo=
nger be a problem. Is this a valid thought?
I doubt that no-one in the list was never faced with a similar situation. I=
f so, i would deeply appreciate knowledge of an rsync alternative.

Kind Regards
Panos





On Mar 9, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

> On 3/9/2011 10:38 AM, Panos Katergiathis wrote:
>> Hello all
>>=20
>> I am getting all too tired with rsync messing up permissions as i
>> backup my linux servers to my windows 7 machine.
>> So, a simple question: if i use a fat32 partition for storing these
>> backups, can i hope that i will stop seeing various "permission
>> denied" errors?
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> and has found a solution (which is possible), I expect no one else will
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> Larry
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>> Q: Are you sure?
>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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