Re: [rdiff-backup-users] SpecialFileError...AF_UNIX path too long

[Thomas H. George]

Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:39:45 -0400
> "Thomas H. George"<address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > An attempt to backup my desktop failed with the message:
> > SpecialFileError /home/tom/.cache/keyring-Jw0E3d/control Socket error:
> > AF_UNIX path too long
> This doesn't answer your question directly, but you can
> --exclude-sockets to skip all AF_UNIX socket files.  It doesn't make
> much sense to back them up anyway, IMHO.

I tried adding --exclude-sockets to the command line but it had no 
effect, the backup again failed with the same SpecialFileError as above.
>