Hi, On a system I am trying to backup (winxp running some unknown firewall) I get weird behaviour;
sys...@vpil-bashful:~$ ping -c 1 pascal2; ping -c 1 pascal2 PING pascal2.missioncriticalit.com (10.10.10.76) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from pascal2.missioncriticalit.com (10.10.10.76): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.172 ms --- pascal2.missioncriticalit.com ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.172/0.172/0.172/0.000 ms PING pascal2.missioncriticalit.com (10.10.10.76) 56(84) bytes of data. --- pascal2.missioncriticalit.com ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms As you can see the first ping succeeds but the second fails. As this is what happens in Lib::CheckHostAlive it incorrectly marks the ping as failing. I applied the following patch to make it work. One simply sleeps for one second before doing the second ping, in which case it succeeds. Regards, Peter --- Lib.pm 2009-10-06 22:16:42.000000000 +0200 +++ Lib.pm.new 2009-10-06 22:17:50.000000000 +0200 @@ -963,6 +963,12 @@ } # + # Sleep for a bit because some systems don't accept two ping requests + # which are immediately after one another. + # + sleep(1); + + # # Do a second ping and get the round-trip time in msec # $s = $bpc->cmdSystemOrEval($pingCmd, undef, $args); ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/