Re: [rdiff-backup-users] trouble with rdiff-backup 1.1.16 on ubuntu intrepid after upgrading from 1.1.15

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Nov 13, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Hans-Christian Armingeon wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having some troubles with rdiff-backup 1.1.16.
> >
> > I hade a backup directory, which I had been using with version  
> > 1.1.15. After
> > the upgrade, I wanted to do a backup. The backup directory ran out  
> > of space.
> >
> > rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir fails with the error appended  
> > below. I
> > tried this with verison 1.1.16 and 1.2.2. Could anyone give me a  
> > pointer, what
> > to do?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >
> > Hans-Christian
>
> If the mirror is /completely/ full, the best thing to do is probably  
> use
> --remove-older-than.  If you are unwilling to lose that older data,
> copy it elsewhere then do it, then run --check-destination-dir, then
> copy it back.


Besides Matt's good advice, you should also be aware of how/why rdiff- 
backup needs temporary space and how to control where that is:

http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/FAQ.html#free_space


Andrew