Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

[~D]

On 12/07/2010 09:33 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote:
> On 07/12/10 18:54, ~D wrote:
> > On 12/07/2010 05:09 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote:
> > > On 07/12/2010 14:42, ~D wrote:
> > > > On 12/07/2010 03:26 PM, D. Kriesel wrote:
> > > > > > Do you prevent a shutdown or reboot when rdiff-backup is running? 
> > > > > > How?
> > > > > Since rdiff-backup does not like backup interruptions (and 
> > > > > therefore is not usable on slow or unreliable connections) I rdiff 
> > > > > to a local repository on the server (the server usually doesn't 
> > > > > reboot) and rsync the entire repository to the remote destination.
> > > > My backup only runs when there is a internet connection. I use my 
> > > > laptop
> > > > at home most of the time. I have to find a way to check wether
> > > > rdiff-backup is running and to reboot after it shutdown. I can use 
> > > > htop
> > > > of course, but I am not sure if rdiff-backup is runnin also local 
> > > > on my
> > > > laptop or only on my server.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe there is a more advanced way to do this?
> > > You can test for running rdiff-backup locally thus:
> > >
> > > [ -n "`ps -o pid --no-heading -C rdiff-backup`" ] && echo "running" 
> > > || echo "not running"
> > >
> > > and you can query remote server thus:
> > >
> > > [ -n "`ssh address@hidden "ps -o pid --no-heading -C 
> > > rdiff-backup" 2>/dev/null`" ] && echo "running" || echo "not running" .
> >
> > Ah Thanks! So it should be possible to make some script which checks 
> > if it's is running, if no, shutdown, if yes, wait 15 minuts and check 
> > again etc... right?
> >
> > ~D
> yes you could write a bash script and put it as a job in your crontab 
> to run every 15 minutes, say...
>
> My mirror backup server (not my primary) is updated from my primary by 
> a script which uses rdiff. The script runs on the primary and starts 
> by waking up the mirror server (over the internet), then runs rsync, 
> then after checking all is well, powers down the mirror. Works well 
> with rsync - as David pointed out earlier, it is not a good idea to 
> run rdiff-backup over an unstable connection.
I was thinking about a script on my laptop for shutdown my machine, 
instead of running sudo shutdown -h now, run a script which only make 
the laptop shutdown when rdiff-backup is not runnning.

I'm using fluxbox, so I'm used to shutdown my machine via terminal.

~D