"tar --one-file-system" accesses remote file systems

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> When I run "tar -czlvf backup ." in my home directory (/home/matseitz) ,
> "tar" accesses a subdirectory (/home/matseitz/sjc-filer03a) that mounts a
> remote CIFS share. This problem and a proposed solution was mentioned in an
> earlier e'mail (http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1998-09/msg00839.html). Is
> there a known solution to this issue?

You can check recent (and not so recent) email archives on the subject.  As
I recall, it depends on your server and it's version.  Older versions or FAT
file-systems have their inodes "faked".  This may be the cause of the
problem you're seeing.

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