I am getting the following error when I try to copy my husband's home to
backup.
[root@Dozy peter]# mount /dev/hda2 /backup && \cp -Rpu /home/. /backup
cp: reading
`/home/./peter/.thunderbird/8qfkppsa.default/Mail/mailhost.zen.co.uk/Inbox':
Input/output error
Googling has got me nowhere. Probably because I am asking the wrong question.
Can any kind soul point me in the right direction? And please, if the answer
is RTFM, tell me which FM??
Here* below are the results of some poking around that I did. They got me
nowhere, but might tell someone better informed than I what is going on. I
had previously successfully been backing up everything.
Help!!
Lisi
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[root@Dozy peter]# cd home/
bash: cd: home/: No such file or directory
[root@Dozy peter]# cd ..
[root@Dozy home]# cd..
[root@Dozy /]# cd home/
[root@Dozy home]# ./peter/
bash: ./peter/: is a directory
[root@Dozy home]# cd peter
[root@Dozy peter]# cd .thunderbird
[root@Dozy .thunderbird]# ls
8qfkppsa.default/ 8qfkppsa.default.old/ appreg profiles.ini
[root@Dozy .thunderbird]# cd 8
8qfkppsa.default/ 8qfkppsa.default.old/
[root@Dozy .thunderbird]# cd 8qfkppsa.default
[root@Dozy 8qfkppsa.default]# cd Mail
[root@Dozy Mail]# ls
Local Folders/ mailhost.zen.co.uk/ pop.gmail.com/
[root@Dozy Mail]# cd mailhost.zen.co.uk/
[root@Dozy mailhost.zen.co.uk]# ls
Drafts* Inbox Junk.msf Sent.msf*
Templates.sbd/
Drafts.msf* Inbox.msf* msgFilterRules.dat Sent.sbd/ Trash
Drafts.sbd/ Inbox.sbd/ popstate.dat* Templates* Trash.msf
filterlog.html* Junk Sent* Templates.msf*
[root@Dozy mailhost.zen.co.uk]#
