[NTLUG:Discuss] Elementary problem

[Preston Hagar]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Fred <fredstevens at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am trying to make a copy of my $HOME/.kde4 directory and have not
> had any success so far. I get down into the mail directories and run
> into one called "ham radio" and files like this one:
>
> "1161895726.20940.eWnrp:2,S" (Without the quotes, of course)
>
> Obviously cp -R and rsync both puke when they hit something like
> that.
>
> So, how do I clone the .kde4 directory with all of its weirdness?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred


What is the rsync command you are using?  I use rsync all the time to
backup mail servers that are full of files like that:

example: 1349971653.V821I39e9ccM969658.email:2,ST

generally I am just doing a rsync -a (or rsync -av if I am
watching/logging it) on the directory.  So in your case it would be
something like

rsync -av ~/.kde4 /mnt/backupdrive/

where /mnt/backupdrive/ is the path to where you want to put the copy.
 Try that out and post back any error messages.

Preston