Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: "Truncated header string" error, how to diagnose?

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Chris,

On Sun, 11 May 2008, Chris G wrote:

> I've now cleared up the mess a little, removed all the BSD stuff (that
> I can find) and have done a clean installation of 1.1.15 on the Linux
> remote. My backups now work, though I do have to use "--remote-schema
> 'ssh -C %s /home/isbd/bin/rdiff-backup --server' to make it work.  I'm
> not quite clear why this should be as my PATH includes /home/isbd/bin
> but it's not a big problem.

Non-login shells (such as ssh with a command) do not usually read your 
profile or bashrc, and therefore normally miss out on any custom 
environment variables, aliases, etc. If you need this, run a shell, such 
as 'ssh -C %s bash rdiff-backup --server', or write a wrapper script for 
rdiff-backup.

Cheers, Chris.
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