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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: <Info required> pathname too long with bru.
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Nov11.135506.24794@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 02:53:12 GMT
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- In <1992Nov11.135506.24794@ifi.unizh.ch> wei@ifi.unizh.ch (Qing Wei) writes:
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- | Several months ago I read postings about pathname length with bru in this
- | news group. I didn't pay much attention to it. Now I have the same problem
- | with our system backup using bru on a remote Exabyte. How can I let the
- | bru accept long pathnames? Or is there any alternative dealing
- | with the problem? ( The error messages are included below. )
- |
- | It will be highly appreciated if someone there can help me out.
-
- The only fix is to use shorter pathnames. Someday we may support
- the newer version of bru that goes to 1023 chars total.
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- If possible, start your backups further down the directory tree
- for the problem directories.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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