Re: [rdiff-backup-users] fix for error when trying to clean up a full filesystem

[John Soros]

So then why is this not done automatically? I mean, if your software can't 
take it if it runs out of space, that's a design flaw you need to prepare for. 
The user will usually not guess the problem with the software until it's too 
late.
Thanks
John


Gavin <address@hidden> wrote on Saturday 05 December 2009
> A work around or way to protect against this is to create an appropriate
> sized blank file in the backup partition.
> I usually create a 1GB blank file:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=EmptyFile bs=1M count=1000
> 
> Then when the backup fails just delete the blank file and run the backup
> again.
> The added benefit of doing this is that it gives you a soft limit and
> some time to re-organise your drives/partitions.
> (Speaking of which it's about time for me to do just that)
> 
> Cheers
> Gavin
> 
> John Soros wrote:
> > Here (attached) is a quick fix i applied to rdiff-backup so i didn't have
> > to start the backup all over, my disk got full and we are (unfortunately)
> > still not using lvm.
> > I am not sure as to the cleanliness of the patch, but it seems to be
> > working fine, hopefully this can be helpful, as i think having a disk
> > full with rdiff- backup is a PITA...
> >
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