Re: [rdiff-backup-users] workaround for [Errno 91] File name too long...?

2007-08-16 Thread Dave Kempe
Andrew Ferguson wrote: It looks like you are using rdiff-backup to backup another rdiff-backup repository. Are you sure this is what you want to do? That is not something usually done. While i agree with everything Andrew has said regarding long filenames and such - on filesystems that don't

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] workaround for [Errno 91] File name too long...?

2007-08-16 Thread rdiff
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Dave Kempe wrote: While i agree with everything Andrew has said regarding long filenames and such - on filesystems that don't require escaping, we have had no problems using rdiff-backup to back up rdiff-backup repos. As long as you structure the directorys right, its

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] workaround for [Errno 91] File name too long...?

2007-08-16 Thread Andrew Ferguson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Dave Kempe wrote: While i agree with everything Andrew has said regarding long filenames and such - on filesystems that don't require escaping, we have had no problems using rdiff-backup to back up rdiff-backup repos. As long as you structure

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] workaround for [Errno 91] File name too long...?

2007-08-16 Thread rdiff
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Andrew Ferguson wrote: When searching for the rdiff-backup-data directory, does rdiff-backup check top down, or bottom up? rdiff-backup takes the 'dumb' approach of appending rdiff-backup-data to the second argument, not even bothering to search: [...] it will look for,

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] workaround for [Errno 91] File name too long...?

2007-08-16 Thread Andrew Ferguson
Andrew Ferguson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Dave Kempe wrote: While i agree with everything Andrew has said regarding long filenames and such - on filesystems that don't require escaping, we have had no problems using rdiff-backup to back up rdiff-backup repos. As