Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Exclude-sockets not working (Mac OS X)

[Ilari Scheinin]

> > I am running rdiff-backup with the --exclude-sockets option, but I am
> > still getting this kind of error for every socket:
> > ListError private/var/launchd/0/sock [Errno 1] Operation not
> > permitted: '/private/var/launchd/0/sock'

> Good catch! If the user had extended attributes support enabled (as  
> you
> did), rdiff-backup tried to read/set the extended attributes on the
> socket. However, sockets don't have extended attributes on Mac OS X or
> Linux and this attempt generates an error. I have patched this in CVS
> and the fix will be in the next release of rdiff-backup.

I believe that the same thing is still happening with fifos. I have -- 
exclude-fifos, but still get:

ListError private/var/spool/postfix/public/pickup [Errno 1] Operation  
not permitted: '/private/var/spool/postfix/public/pickup' ListError  
private/var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr [Errno 1] Operation not  
permitted: '/private/var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr'

Ilari