Sean writes: > I'm backing up a Linux server via SSH+tar, and it keeps aborting with > a file name as the error. Most files backups just fine however. > The file names are not unusual, except that they have spaces in them. > If I delete the file the name thing happens with files further down. > > The botton of the XferLOG: > create d2775 503/103 0 data/dir/dir 2/otherdir > create d2775 503/103 0 data/dir/dir 2/dir3 > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 2203 filesExist, 1326938799 sizeExist, > 1326938799 sizeExistComp, 2204 filesTotal, 1326938831 sizeTotal > Got fatal error during xfer (./data/dir/dir 2/dir3/) > Backup aborted (./data/dir/dir 2/dir3//) > > I'm using the exact same (standard) SSH+tar method for several Linux > servers. The problematic one is a Suse 9.1. > The Backuppc server is running Ubuntu 7.10 with the debian package for > Backuppc v3.0.0. > > I tried > - restart backuppc, making sure all ssh sessions were stopped. > - removing some problematic files > - waiting the syslog on the problematic server, to see if there was disk > errors > > Any ideas, tips or suggestions please?
Looks carefully at the version of tar on the Suse 9.1 system. Is it GNU tar, and if so, what version is it? Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
