Re: [rdiff-backup-users] warning about hard link

[Andrew Ferguson]

Andreas Olsson wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 January 2008 01:41:11 Andrew Ferguson wrote:
>> Andreas Olsson wrote:
>> > If I try to run rdiff-backup (1.1.14) against an sshfs-mount I get an
>> > error about the destination not supporting hard linking. That is true.
>> > What I don't understand is why I get the same error message even if I run
>> > rdiff-backup with the option --no-hard-links.
>>
>> Andreas,
>>
>> That message is a warning, not an error. It doesn't not cause
>> rdiff-backup to fail.
>>
>> What is the actual error you are seeing?
> 
> Ohh, bad wording on my part, sorry.
> 
> I didn't get any actual error and the backup worked without any trouble. What 
> I was refering to was the warning. I merely noticed that there was the same 
> warning i two situation with different needs for it.


Ahh. If you are suggesting that the warning message not be printed if
--no-hard-links is used, then, yes, that is a good idea.


Glad to hear that rdiff-backup is working for you over sshfs. Did you
need to apply any patches? Or did it just work for you?

Andrew

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