3 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-usersRE: [courier-users] Using rsync to ba...
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jas...@buberel.orgSep 23, 2004 4:13 pm 
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Subject:RE: [courier-users] Using rsync to backup maildirs from CygwinActions...
From:Mitch (WebCob) (mit@webcob.com)
Date:Sep 23, 2004 6:17:45 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

-----Original Message----- From: cour@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:cour@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of jas@buberel.org Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:12 PM To: cour@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [courier-users] Using rsync to backup maildirs from Cygwin

Ok, so I will admit the only tangental relationship of this to courier, but I am trying to use the combination of openssh + cygwin on WinXP to do some basic network backups of Maildir directories running on a RedHat + courier server.

The problem appears to be related to the cygwin port of the ssh client's ability to handle Maildir file names. When I run a command such as:

The problem iirc, is that different file and operating systems support different
characters and have different rules. Courier's maildirs make use of characters
that aren't supported on windows. Your best bet would be rsync support (or
hacking it yourself) to do a regex replace on destination file names to strip or
replace illegal (from the destination of perspective) characters...

OR to hack courier and stop it at the source... there might be a constant
defined somewhere for the "separator" character (i.e. the , ?)

just a few thoughts.

m/