[rdiff-backup-users] Errno 88 backing up to cygwin

[Keith Edmunds]

Backing up a Linux system to a Windows 2000 SP2 system running cygwin.
Not quite sure what command is causing the "Function not implemented"
exception or - more to the point - whether it can be fixed or not.

Keith


Last backup dated Tue Oct 15 09:28:33 2002 was aborted, but we aren't
resuming it. Exception '[Errno 88] Function not implemented' raised of
class 'exceptions.OSError':  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 254, in
check_common_error    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
line 295, in start_process    RORPIter.patchonce_action(None,
mirror_dsrp, diff_rorp).execute()  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 84, in
execute    raise exc

Exception '[Errno 88] Function not implemented' raised of class
'exceptions.OSError':  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py", line 275,
in patch_w_datadir_writes    ITR(dsrp.index, diff_rorp, dsrp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py", line
288, in __call__    self.process_w_branch(branch, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py", line
247, in process_w_branch    branch.start_process, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line
254, in check_common_error    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
line 295, in start_process    RORPIter.patchonce_action(None,
mirror_dsrp, diff_rorp).execute()  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 84, in
execute    raise exc

------------ Old traceback info -----------
Exception '[Errno 88] Function not implemented' raised of class
'exceptions.OSError':  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 76, in
execute    init_val = self.init_thunk()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line
199, in init    else: RPath.copy(rorpin, tf)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
77, in copy    elif rpin.isfifo(): rpout.mkfifo()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
601, in mkfifo    self.conn.os.mkfifo(self.path)

Exception '[Errno 88] Function not implemented' raised of class
'exceptions.OSError':  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 254, in
check_common_error    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
line 295, in start_process    RORPIter.patchonce_action(None,
mirror_dsrp, diff_rorp).execute()  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 84, in
execute    raise exc
-------------------------------------------
Writing intermediate hard link data to disk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
229, in Main    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
205, in take_action    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
263, in Backup    else: HighLevel.Mirror(rpin, rpout, incdir, RSI)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
line 59, in Mirror    DestS.patch_w_datadir_writes(dest_rpath, diffiter,
inc_rpath)  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 443,
in __call__    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 365, in reval    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
OSError: [Errno 88] Function not implemented
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
229, in Main    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
204, in take_action    if action == "server": PipeConnection(sys.stdin,
sys.stdout).Server()  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 350,
in Server    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 313, in get_response    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 219, in _get    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string
(problem " rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header
string (problem probably originated remotely)