> Am 27.06.2017 um 17:00 schrieb Jason <elect...@emypeople.net>: > > I use rsync for doing incremental backups to a USB stick. I am having > a problem that rsync does not like backing up my mutt emails since > they contain a colon in the filename. For example: > > 1498570870.M370636P2743Q2R5bbb999d0aefc481.net1:2,S > > Using fat32 format on the USB stick may be part of the problem but I > don't want to change to a different format for other reasons. > > What is the best way to backup these emails or how do others handle > this?
If you really need FAT32, I'd suggest creating a container on the flash drive using dd, and then format that container with a file system capable of colons. Then just mount the container (mount -o loop) and rsync into it. Rainer
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