On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:26:40 -0400 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 10:30:30AM +0200, S�ren Lannermo wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > Anyone who knows what this means: > > > > [amanda@lex amanda]$ amoverview DailySet > > bad date .AppleDouble: in .AppleDouble: skipping cruft directory, perhaps > > you should delete it. > > bad date .Trashes: in .Trashes: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you > > should delete it. > > bad date Cicci: in Cicci: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should > > [snip] > > > > > > What is a cruft file/directory? And why should I delete it? > > > > The only time I see "cruft" stuff is in the holding disk. Sometimes they > have been there because I stupidly<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-mistakenly worked from > the shell in those directories and left behind some files and dirs. Other > times it seemed that amanda left behind tmp files or empty, properly named > directories that should have been removed but weren't. > Hi! Right. Completely right. The holding disks belong to Amanda. Well... In fact that's what she thinks, so whenever she sees something in the holding disks that does not belong to her, she says "cruft files/directories". Even if the directory is something like "lost+found" ;) And prepare to fight with your teammates, if they have access to the backup server. Because it is quite hard to explain that there is quite a large free space on a server (~50GB for me) and that they must not use a single byte from them... :) ------------------------------------------------------ Jean-Christian SIMONETTI email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SysAdmin Wanadoo Portails phone: (+33)493004911 Sophia Antipolis, France ------------------------------------------------------
