[FC5] Tar strangeness

[M.Lewis]

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.

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