Vista/cygwin tar problem - "file changed as we read it"

[Dave Korn]

On 02 September 2007 16:54, Aaron Gray wrote:

>> On 02 September 2007 14:48, Aaron Gray wrote:
>> 
>>> On doing a 'tar -czf ...' I am getting the following message for each
>>> subdirectory - "file changed as we read it"
>>> 
>>> Anyone know whats going on ?
>>> 
>>> Aaron
>> 
>>  BLODA[*] interference perhaps?  Can you disable the on-access scan part of
>> your AV?
>> 
>>    cheers,
>>      DaveK
>> 
>> [*] - http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2007-q3/msg00174.html
> 
> Okay will try that. I unpacked the tar to another directory and did a diff
> and there were no differences. So strange error message. AVG will not let me
> turn the resident shield off.

  Facist admins eh?  FWIW, I use AVG all the time, and it doesn't intefere
with cygwin for me.
 
> May dump AV alltogether, it slows things down to much.

  Can't say I've noticed that either with AVG.  Taken measurements, or just a
feeling?

    cheers,
      DaveK
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