Re: [rdiff-backup-users] What happens if rdiff-backup crashes during a backup?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Vahid Pazirandeh wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I love rdiff-backup.  However, I don't like how fragile it is when it
> crashes during a backup.  Let's say the client pushes some backup data to a
> remote server, but in the middle of a file transfer, the remote server's
> network goes out.  The next time rdiff-backup is executed, it immediately
> gets an error (I've pasted it below). 

This error only happens if the files are corrupted.  An ordinary
transfer failure doesn't cause corruption, only an incomplete backup.  I
have had this happen with rdiff-backup successfully removing the bad
backup and making a good new one.

Matt Flaschen