Mariano Aliaga wrote at about 11:34:55 -0300 on Wednesday, September 2, 2020: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:28 AM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote at about 14:22:50 +0100 on > > Wednesday, September 2, 2020: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020, Mariano Aliaga wrote: > > > > ... > > > > tar:974 Fatal: Can't translate pathname './Ajuste Inflaci?n > > A?o2019.xps' to UTF-8 > > > > ... > > > > ... So I wonder if this is a known bug, it's smbclient, backuppc, > > > > tar or what? Is there some known workaround? I'd appreciate any help > > > > you could give. > > > > > > I think it's a message from 'tar'. (That's because that's what it > > says. :) > > > > > > It's not what I'd call a bug, it's the unfortunate result of the many > > > changes to the capabilities of both utilties and filesystems over the > > > time that they've been in use. There can be ambiguities when strings > > > are translated between some character sets, and you really don't want > > > that kind of ambiguity in file names. > > > > > > What's your output from 'locale'? > > > > > > Just a stab in the dark but you might try UTF-16, as mentioned here: > > > > > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/tar-cant-translate-pathname.32262/ > > > > > > Life was so simple when everything was done with 7-bit ASCII codes... > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 73, > > > Ged. > > > > > > > Agree with Ged... I have had similar issues with rsync over time > > But two further items: > > 1. Does the entire tar backup fail or does it just skip the offending > > paths? > > > > The entire (smb) backup fails. That doesn't typically happen with rsync as it typically "skips" the file. What happens when you try to manually 'tar' the file? Do you get the same error? If you are tarring multiple files, does the entire manual tar fail?
Is there any reason you can't use rsync? It's typically faster, more robust, and more full-featured (e.g., it can backup more file types along with ACLs & xattrs) whereas tar has more limitations... > > > > 2. (This one is for Craig) It would be good if the error summaries > > could better reflect the errors encountered by the transport > > method. In this case, tar has a 'fatal' error, > > tar:974 Fatal: Can't translate pathname './Ajuste Inflación Año > > but the summary line says: > > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 7 filesExist, 289563505 sizeExist, > > 285326858 sizeExistComp, 7 filesTotal, 289563505 sizeTotal, 0 > > filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 110 inodeLast > > > > It's never been clear to me which 'errors' get counted and which > > don't... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
