> >From: mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Hello
> > I was trying to make an image of a specific directory on a vfat
> >partition but mkisofs refuses to do so. What did I miss here?
> > This is the command I am issuing:
>
> >mkisofs -o image1.raw -D -R -J /mnt/DOS_hda1/Program\
>Files/Netscape/Users/mendes/Mail/
> >Using SUPPO000.SNM;1 for /Support Creative.snm (Support Caldera.snm)
> >Using SUPPO000.;1 for /Support Creative (Support Caldera)
> >Using SENT_000.;1 for /Sent_old1 (Sent_old)
> >Using SENT_000.SNM;1 for /Sent_old1.snm (Sent_old.snm)
> >mkisofs: No such file or directory. cannot read from /mnt/DOS_hda1/Program
>Files/Netscape/Users/mendes/Mail/aic7xxx
> ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The file is already open, so this is a bug in the OS.
Or he was backing up a live system and mail came in (or was read or
whatever). Having a file locked or truncated while backing it up makes
it unreadable. Doing backups on a live system is a bug in the user.
A good backup program will check the modified time after copy, give a
clear text message on errors, and if the destination is a file it will
keep a pointer to the start of the destination copy and recopy until a
clean copy is made or an clear "file is changing" error is reported to
the user.
That's not a criticism of mkisofs, it's not (primarily) designed as a
backup program, but the error message makes me think that the file was
moved or deleted on the fly. If this was a local mount it is unlikely
this happened, but if it was an SMB mount of a remote directory it could
happen.
What is the nature of the mounted filesystem?
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