Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Re: Will these errors clear on the next pass?

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Chris,

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Chris G wrote:

> > > > > > /etc/cron.daily/backup: UpdateError nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/info 
> > > > > > Updated mirror temp file 
> > > > > > /bak/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/rdiff-backup.tmp.52 does not 
> > > > > > match source UpdateError nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt7/info
> >
> > > ... and it doesn't go away by itself, I have *exactly* the same errors
> > > today.
>
> On looking harder at it I realised *why* it won't go away.  The "does
> not match" errors are coming from /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs
> directories and I'm backing up to, guess what, a remote NFS mounted
> drive so the files in question really *are* changing during the backup.
>
> I want to back up /var/lib so this is a problem.
>
> All I need is a way to make the error messages go away so a successful
> backup is silent.

Try --exclude-other-filesystems or --exclude /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs

There's no reason to back up an rpc_pipefs because you wouldn't want to 
restore it. Same for /proc, /sys, etc.

Cheers, Chris.
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