[FC5] Tar strangeness

[Gene Heskett]

M.Lewis wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 01:07, M.Lewis wrote:
>>> In trying to backup my t'bird installation (which I have done without 
>>> errors plenty of times with FC4) I'm getting the following error. 
>>> Always on the same mbox file:
>>>
>>> ....
>>> ....
>>> /home/cajun/mail/Saved Mail
>>> /home/cajun/mail/ALL-Humor
>>> tar: /home/cajun/mail: file changed as we read it
>>>
>>>
>>> I have even went as far as to stop Dovecot when trying to backup my 
>>> t'bird. Of course, t'bird is not running at the time. Anyone have any 
>>> clues as to what might be happening?
>>
>> Do an 'ls -l /home/cajun/mail' before and after the tar run to
>> see if tar is correct.  Does new mail deliver directly to this
>> mailbox?
> 
> Ok, will try this Les. Thanks. Yes, mail delivers directly to this mailbox.
> 
Then you'll need to stop the mta.  But I've been looking at that 
particular error from amanda for several years.  Knowing whats doing it, 
to me its a shrug because fetchmail (at home) is running on a 180 second 
cycle.

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Cheers, Gene