Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Errors with rdiff-backup 1.2.2?

[Andrew Ferguson]

Hi Kevin,

My comments are included below. But first, I think your problems  
probably stem from the method used to connect the EeePC to the Mac.  
What were you using to reach the EeePC's files? Samba? I suspect that  
Samba is incapable of presenting the filesystem properly to the Mac  
for rdiff-backup to intelligently ignore the files. Also, what is the  
type of /Volumes/Seagate_500 ?

Are you able to install rdiff-backup on the EeePC ? If so, then you  
wouldn't need to mount the files over the network, and rdiff-backup  
might do a better job.


On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Kevin Horton wrote:
> ListError .kde/socket-asus-1034110973/KJDVN2~Y [Errno 13] Permission  
> denied: '/Volumes/user/.kde/socket-asus-1034110973/KJDVN2~Y'
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Well, clearly this file is a socket based on its name and location.  
But since you specified --exclude-sockets, that means that the file  
was not presented as a socket to rdiff-backup, which means that the  
problem is in the filesystem.

> There were several errors similar to the following:
>
> Processing changed file YoStore
> ListError _T84KW~M [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Volumes/ 
> user/_T84KW~M'

Not sure what to make of that one. What is the next file after  
"YoStore" in that directory? Probably just another filesystem issue...

> A check of the files on the EeePC shows that there is no file of  
> that name.  I have no idea why rdiff-backup was trying to back it  
> up.  Any ideas:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> There were several errors similar to the following:
>
> Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/util/xcapture
> UpdateError apps/citrix/ICAClient/util/xcapture Updated mirror temp  
> file /Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/apps/citrix/ICAClient/util/ 
> rdiff-backup.tmp.10301 does not match source
> Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfcmgr
> UpdateError apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfcmgr Updated mirror temp file / 
> Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/apps/citrix/ICAClient/rdiff- 
> backup.tmp.10302 does not match source
> Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfica
> UpdateError apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfica Updated mirror temp file / 
> Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/apps/citrix/ICAClient/rdiff- 
> backup.tmp.10303 does not match source
> Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfica.sh
>
> A check of the files on the EeePC shows that this directory has the  
> files "xcapture" and "Xcapture", i.e. names that differed only by  
> case.  Could there be a problem with rdiff-backup's detection of  
> case sensitivity?


Another reason I am suspicious of the FS. The exported filesystem  
seemed to be case-insensitive, but case-sensitive files were  
encountered (xcapture and Xcapture). For the {wfmcgr, wfica, wfica.sh}  
files, there's probably something about the metadata that didn't copy  
properly (file owner? time stamp?).

> --------------[ Session statistics ]--------------
> StartTime 1229513417.00 (Wed Dec 17 06:30:17 2008)
> EndTime 1229522136.16 (Wed Dec 17 08:55:36 2008)
> ElapsedTime 8719.16 (2 hours 25 minutes 19.16 seconds)
> SourceFiles 53507
> SourceFileSize 3157945283 (2.94 GB)
> MirrorFiles 1
> MirrorFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
> NewFiles 53506
> NewFileSize 3157945283 (2.94 GB)
> DeletedFiles 0
> DeletedFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
> ChangedFiles 1
> ChangedSourceSize 0 (0 bytes)
> ChangedMirrorSize 0 (0 bytes)
> IncrementFiles 0
> IncrementFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
> TotalDestinationSizeChange 3157945283 (2.94 GB)
> Errors 8
> --------------------------------------------------


In all, your backup completed successfully. Eight recoverable errors  
were encountered.


Andrew