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

[Alex Samad]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 03:22:22PM +1000, Gavin wrote:
> Mmm maybe or maybe just an admin flaw?
> I'm not an rdiff-backup developer mind just a user.
> 
> I think you might find a few bits of software that crash if they run out
> of hard drive space.
> There are other alert programs that alarm when drive space is getting low.
> 
> Sure it would be nice if rdiff-backup could recover and save one when
> this happens and it
> does happen. There was some discussion on list some time back about
> being able to specify
> temp space so that rdiff-backup could perform at least a roll back.

Another option is to have rdiff-backup look for a certain amount of free
space (configurable) and fail if its not available 

Alex

> 
> Cheers
> Gavin
> 
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