Hi, On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:16:01 +0200, "Peter Smith" wrote: > Hi > > It seems that mkcp does not follow symbolic links > > The command > mkcp -s /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST325031_5RY1_888888888888-0:0-part3 > gives this message: > mkcp: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST325031_5RY1_888888888888-0:0-part3: cannot open > NILFS > > I use the 'disk/by-id' path because it is stable, despite > removing/installing other drives > > I solve the problem in my code by converting the symbolic link to a real > path such as /dev/sde3 > and then mkcp works as expected. > > I mention this because it is a potential trap for the unwary. > > My environment is Suse Linux 10.3
Thanks for reporting this issue. This comes from the nilfs2-utils stab library. Hence, other tools including lscp, chcp, or lssu have the same problem. I'll put it in our bugtrack list. With regards, Ryusuke Konishi _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] https://www.nilfs.org/mailman/listinfo/users
