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Document sshfs rename workaround (1.0 backport)
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ThomasWaldmann authored Nov 20, 2017
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See also: https://xkcd.com/612/


Why am I getting 'Operation not permitted' errors when backing up on sshfs?
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By default, ``sshfs`` is not entirely POSIX-compliant when renaming files due to
a technicality in the SFTP protocol. Fortunately, it also provides a workaround_
to make it behave correctly::

sshfs -o workaround=rename user@host:dir /mnt/dir

.. _workaround: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/123236


Requirements for the borg single-file binary, esp. (g)libc?
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