I am getting the following error when I try to copy my husband's home to backup.
[r...@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 * [r...@dozy peter]# cd home/ bash: cd: home/: No such file or directory [r...@dozy peter]# cd .. [r...@dozy home]# cd.. [r...@dozy /]# cd home/ [r...@dozy home]# ./peter/ bash: ./peter/: is a directory [r...@dozy home]# cd peter [r...@dozy peter]# cd .thunderbird [r...@dozy .thunderbird]# ls 8qfkppsa.default/ 8qfkppsa.default.old/ appreg profiles.ini [r...@dozy .thunderbird]# cd 8 8qfkppsa.default/ 8qfkppsa.default.old/ [r...@dozy .thunderbird]# cd 8qfkppsa.default [r...@dozy 8qfkppsa.default]# cd Mail [r...@dozy Mail]# ls Local Folders/ mailhost.zen.co.uk/ pop.gmail.com/ [r...@dozy Mail]# cd mailhost.zen.co.uk/ [r...@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* [r...@dozy mailhost.zen.co.uk]# -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
