Re: Selecting encrypted files list

[Shachar S. <rsy...@sh...>]

Gary Holzer wrote:

>Dear List,
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Hi Gary,

Sorry for taking so long to answer. I have totally missed your email.

>In a previous part of the script I sucessfully create the $FILELIST
>and set up the other variables. The $CRYPT_DIR is on the same box that
>is running cygwin i.e. the script and rsyncrypto. For some reason when
>I run the script I get the following errors in the $TEMPFILE for each
>file I try to encrypt in $FILELIST
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>e.g.
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>Error in encryption of /cygdrive/c/Work/Jo/Uni/Proposal - professional
>comm.doc: mkdir failed(/cygdrive/c): Permission denied
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Did the actual encryption succeed?

The problem is that rsyncrypto, in order to make sure the entire 
directory path exists, creates each individual subdirectory. As such, it 
also tries to create /cygdrive and /cygdrive/c. It is programmed to 
ignore "file exists" errors as irrelevant.

The problem is that /cygdrive and /cygdrive/c are not regular 
directories. They are made up by cygwin for the purpose of emulating the 
Windows forset view over the cygwin tree view. As such, cygwin returns 
"permission denited" for them, rather than the more conventional "file 
exists". I actually think this is a bug in cygwin, btw.

I have a question, though. Why are you using the cygwin version when you 
can use the native Windows version?

       Shachar

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