Fwd: strange strange problem! (please help!!)

Sat Jan 22 22:22:10 UTC 2005

--- David Hoffman <dhoffman2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:10:12 -0800 (PST), Globe Trotter
> <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > --- Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 07:53:54PM +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> > > > David Hoffman wrote:
> > > > > Is it possible that you might have some symlinks in your "me"
> > > > > directory and when you are copying files you might be actually
> copying
> > > > > more than the 21Gb you think are there?
> > > >
> > > > Globe Trotter replied:
> > > > > Not that I know of. Is it possible to figure this out?
> > > >
> > > > find /usr/local/me -type l -ls
> > > >
> > > > I still think you ought to be copying stuff over subdirectory by
> > > > subdirectory, and checking to see which one gets so much larger.
> > >
> > > Files with wholes?
> > >
> > 
> > Sorry....don't get it...
> > 
> 
> Neither did I. I have no idea where he came up with that. Maybe
> instead of making comments he could actually try to HELP.

No actually, maybe we just don't understand -- he has been a very helpful guy
all along so I think we may just not get what he means here....

The tar is still chomping away.

Best wishes!

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