Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Wish list: Don't start backup if there's not enough space

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Erik,

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Erik Forsberg wrote:

> Now and then, my backup server's diskspace gets full, and this most
> often happens during a backup. This means I have to run a rdiff-backup
> --check-destination-dir which takes some time. Also, due to
> restrictions in the setup, I have to login to the backup server and do
> this by hand.
>
> Would it be possible for rdiff-backup to make an estimation of how
> much space is needed, and exit with a warning about this instead of
> messing up the destination directory after an unclean exit due to full
> disk?

Seconded. In fact, even making rdiff-backup fail gracefully when out of 
disk space would help a lot. I have had my metadata irretrievably 
corrupted several times when the destination disk ran out of space, and 
therefore lost all my backup history.

Cheers, Chris.
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