Re: [rdiff-backup-users] newbie, mac os x

[Peter Valdemar Mørch]

Enrique Vetere evetere-at-gmail.com |Lists| wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm beginning to use rdiff-backup on mac os x. I'd like to backup to  an 
> externaly mounded volume (via samba on a remote win xp).
> I'm getting:
>
> Warning: hard linking not supported by filesystem at /Volumes/ 
> prometeo.local

Hi there,

rdiff-backup has a "--no-hard-links" switch to avoid that.

However, problems with fsync on smb mounts is probably going to kill 
you, just as it did me and others. See the thread called:

   rdiff-backup + smbfs = :'(

See e.g. here for two workarounds:
http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/FsyncErrorError

The first one requiring an unauthorized patch to the code, and the other 
using another filesystem in a file on the windows mount.

I know that OS X is FreeBSD underneath, so I don't know exactly what 
you'll run into, but that has been my experience on Linux.

As it is right now, I don't think rdiff-backup works from Linux or Unix 
with windows mounts out-of-the-box.

Peter

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