Thanks for the confirmation Oswald. I can now use mbsync with a local file system. I might be on the outer fringes with a very nfs intensive environment. Some of our nfs is managed by administrators outside of my control leaving me no alternative but the local file system.
I will try mbsync now. Thank you for your help. -- John Oswald Buddenhagen writes: > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:29:21AM -0400, John Eismeier wrote: >> Oswald Buddenhagen writes: >> > is your home by any chance on nfs? >> >> Yes, is that the cause of the issue? >> > yes > >> Should I use a local file system for mbsync ? >> > as a workaround, yes. > you can also mount the volume with -o local_lock=flock. > > however, i shold come up with something better. i guess i should simply > drop the use of bsd locks altogether. presumably, mbsync is the only > program trying to lock these files anyway ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ isync-devel mailing list isync-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/isync-devel