Re: [rdiff-backup-users] can rdiff-backup be stopped / paused / restarted? - HOWTO?

[devzero]

> > What happens if I just ctrl-c the process, and then restart the process?
> > Will it resume?

no - but you may try ctrl-z instead.

this suspends the foreground process.  you can put it running into background 
with "bg" or get it back into foreground with "fg".
may depend on the shell you are using - if unsure try this with a bash

you can also send a signal with "kill -STOP <pid>" and continue with "kill 
-CONT <pid>"

but be careful - use at own risk and don`t suspend for too long, because your 
tcp session would timeout....
when rdiff-backup is really cancelled while running there is no return and 
rdiff-backup will need to recover first on the next run......

regards
roland



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Andreas Olsson" <address@hidden>
> Gesendet: 13.01.08 23:47:34
> An: address@hidden
> Betreff: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] can rdiff-backup be stopped / paused / 
> restarted? - HOWTO?


> 
> On Sunday 13 January 2008 15:13:30 Lexje wrote:
> > I'm trying to backup a complete server over the internet.
> > Is it possible to pause, stop / restart rdiff-backup? (To free up / respect
> > bandwith limitations)
> >
> > What happens if I just ctrl-c the process, and then restart the process?
> > Will it resume?
> 
> No, I'm afraid that approach won't work. If you abort rdiff-backup halfway 
> you'll simply end up with a broken repository on the destination.
> 
> If this happens on the first backup you'll simply have to remove/empty your 
> destination directory and begin from scratch. If you abort a backup to an 
> existing repository your next run will start by calling an 
> automatic --check-destination-dir, which will return your repository to the 
> state it was in before your interrupted transfer. In none of the cases the 
> interrupted transfer will have done you any good.
> 
> What you can try, if you have enough free space, is to run rdiff-backup 
> against a local destination and then rsync the repository to its remote 
> location.  Rsync you can always trust to resume properly :-)
> 
> Feel free to take a look at this page in the wiki. It also provides a script 
> which wraps rdiff-backup and rsync into one.
> 
> http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupUpOnUnreliableLink
> 
> -- 
> Andreas Olsson
> http://www.andreasolsson.se/
> 
> 
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