Re: [rdiff-backup-users] 1.1.12: Problem with Server on OSX 10.4.6 (Intel)

[rdiff]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Andrew Ferguson wrote:
> > if I try to start a server on OSX via SSH, an error occurs:
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > sh: line1: rdiff-backup: command not found
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > rdiff-backup _is_ in the PATH and I'm able to start other commands
> > successfully.
>
> Well, it's clearly not in the PATH. :-)
>
> Where did you install it? Also, when a program is invoked via SSH, the
> PATH gets setup differently than when you invoke an interactive shell. I
> can't remember the specific details, however.


We had a similar problem and get around it with
rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh %s /sw/bin/rdiff-backup --server' a b::c

on OSX 10.4 using the fink repository, which still has rdiff-backup 1.0.3. 
Regardless of the version, using remote-schema is probably what you want.

-Eric