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Subject: Re: rump vs. smbfs
From: Matthias Scheler <tron () zhadum ! org ! uk>
Date: 2009-01-30 23:33:55
Message-ID: 20090130233355.GA927 () colwyn ! zhadum ! org ! uk
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:44:15PM -0500, James K. Lowden wrote:
> Andrew Reilly wrote:
> > I've been using
> > smbclient as part of a backup script for years. Works fine and
> > reliably, if you're just putting a dump or tar file on a remote
> > server.
>
> I'm surprised to hear that. The last time I looked at the smbclient
> sources was some years ago. At the time there was *no* error checking.
> It was strictly a toy; a copy could fail and the exit code would indicate
> success. Has that changed?
No, it still doesn't seem to set the return code properly. But it seems
to transfer data properly.
I've tried "mount_smbfs" which worked fine. But I got "invalid argument"
when I tried to "ls -l" on the mount SMB share which seems to be an
old problem, please look here:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2004/03/12/0005.html
Kind regards
--
Matthias Scheler http://zhadum.org.uk/
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