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Re: mkisofs aborts but exit value is 0



Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:

> >I would need to rethink the problem.
> >
>
> Here's a thought on that, if the read length is not the same as the 
> expected length, the error is really "file size changed during read" and 
> the current length can be found with stat() or similar. I'm surprised 
> that this doesn't come up more often, when doing backups where files 
> (such as logs) are growing, the available data size is growing, is that 
> currently handled properly?

mkisofs is not a backup tool.

If you like to do backups, use apropriate tools (e.g. star).

Jörg

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