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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Fatal Error: Source directory returned does not
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Hunter Matthews |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Fatal Error: Source directory returned does not exist |
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Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:57:34 -0400 |
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 18:58, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote:
> $ rdiff-backup -v9 --exclude /c \
> --exclude /mnt/dos \
> --exclude /mnt/dos_backup \
> --exclude /mnt/backup \
> --exclude /tmp \
> --exclude /var/tmp \
> --exclude /var/cache/apt/archives/ \
> --exclude /proc \
You need to add /sys, /dev, and various parts of /var to this exclude
list.
> 4.) The end of /var/log/mirror_backup.err is:
>
> [...]
> Tue Jun 7 12:40:47 2005 UpdateError
> sys/module/videodev/sections/__ksymtab_strings Updated mirror temp file
> /mnt/backup/sys/module/videodev/sections/rdiff-backup.tmp.7068 does not match
> source
> Tue Jun 7 12:40:47 2005 UpdateError
> sys/module/videodev/sections/__versions Updated mirror temp file
> /mnt/backup/sys/module/videodev/sections/rdiff-backup.tmp.7069 does not match
> source
> Tue Jun 7 12:40:47 2005 UpdateError sys/power/state Updated mirror temp
> file /mnt/backup/sys/power/rdiff-backup.tmp.7070 does not match source
> Tue Jun 7 12:54:54 2005 SpecialFileError
> var/run/ptal-mlcd/par:hp_color_LaserJet_2550_series Socket error: AF_UNIX
> path too long
This file won't backup to well with most anything - its a socket.
> Tue Jun 7 12:54:55 2005 SpecialFileError
> var/run/uml-utilities/uml_switch.ctl Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long
>
Same here.
Different sysadmins have different ideas on the subject, but with the
complexity of whats located at the / and /var and some other filesystems
these days, instead of backing up / and trying to exclude the things
that break, I typically try to backup just the things I know are data.
For a debian system I'm not certain what that might be, but you might
have more luck _just_ backing up
/etc, /root, /srv [newer systems], /home and /usr/local.
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