Re: Invalid cross-device link

Jason Haar <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.qmail.scanner
Organization Trimble Navigation Ltd.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
mlist wrote:
> I'm mounting the device with this command:
>
> mount -t tmpfs -o size=50M,mode=0744 tmpfs /var/spool/qmailscan/working/new
> mount -t tmpfs -o size=50M,mode=0744 tmpfs /var/spool/qmailscan/working/tmp
>
> Does anyone have experience using a tmpfs for their scanning directory?  
> Any assistance is appreciated.
>   
Sorry, but you jsut can't do that. By definition, maildir directories
*must* be on the same disk, otherwise a "move" operation cannot work
(you cannot move files between devices - only copy-and-delete).

Why don't you make "working" a tmpfs instead?

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Cheers

Jason Haar
Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
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