Before we went to Texas, I updated all of my email files -- all 1140 directories with 70805 files -- from our Linux system onto a USB disk and then copied them (with a program that reads Linux disks) onto our Win 7 laptop.
I then proceeded to use the laptop while we were in Texas. Since Sylpheed is ported to both Linux and Windows, it worked well. The only problem I had was with the directories whose names ended with a dot. Those turned out to be problematic with the Windows OS loosing track of them and not being able to read or delete them. When I came home, I wanted to update our Linux system with the now-changed files and directories. I installed Cygwin on the laptop. With it, I was able to delete the directories whose names ended with a dot. I was also able to use rsync synchronize some of the emails with the Linux desktop. When I wanted to copy the directories from the Linux desktop (with names ending with a dot) I deleted from the laptop, I used a USB flash drive. With that and with changing file permissions in Cygwin, I have gotten the mail directories in a confused state such that Sylpheed running in Win 7 cannot write to the directories. I thought perhaps using scp to copy all the email directories and files anew from the Linux desktop to the Win 7 would solve the problem, so I renamed the top email directory and ran scp to perform the copy. After it finished the copy, I tried Sylpheed again. It still cannot write to the directory Is there some way to fix this mess? Hopefully easy? Thanks, Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
