I am using the rsync-method to back up the C-drive on a WinXP machine. I have cygwin ssh & rsync installed on the remote machine.
The backup repeatedly stalls after backing up: .file_store_32/runescape/main_file_cache.dat1 and in the middle (presumably) of backing up: .file_store_32/runescape/main_file_cache.dat2 This occurs only about a dozen files into the backup. The verbose output is as follows: full backup started for directory /c/ started full dump, share=/c/ Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l kosowsky mywinxppc /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum-seed=32761 --one-file-system --omit-dir-times --ignore-times . /c/ Xfer PIDs are now 24412 xferPids 24412 Got remote protocol 29pp Negotiated protocol version 28 Checksum caching enabled (checksumSeed = 32761) Sent exclude: "/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temp/*" Sent exclude: "/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/*" Sent exclude: "/System Volume Information" Sent exclude: /pagefile.sys Sent exclude: /hiberfil.sys Sent exclude: /RECYCLER Remote[2]: file has vanished: "/c/Documents and Settings/User1/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/???? 7 - ??? ?????? ???????" Remote[1]: rsync: opendir "/c/Documents and Settings/User2/Application Data/Thunderbird/Profiles/9n4fftcz.default/Mail/User3" failed: No such file or directory (2) Remote[2]: file has vanished: "/c/Documents and Settings/User2/Favorites/Computer/broadband + Forums + Linksys + BEFSR41.url" Remote[2]: file has vanished: "/c/Documents and Settings/User4/Application Data/Microsoft/Office/Recent/????? ?????? ?'.LNK" .... (plus about 20 more messages like the above) .... Xfer PIDs are now 24412,24448 xferPids 24412,24448 create d 775 544/544 0 . create d 700 1010/513 0 .file_store_32 create 700 1010/513 211957 .file_store_32/code.dat create 700 1010/513 768989 .file_store_32/main_file_cache.dat create 700 1010/513 54 .file_store_32/main_file_cache.idx0 create 700 1010/513 0 .file_store_32/main_file_cache.idx1 create 700 1010/513 0 .file_store_32/main_file_cache.idx2 create 700 1010/513 0 .file_store_32/main_file_cache.idx3 create 700 1010/513 0 .file_store_32/main_file_cache.idx4 create 700 1009/513 61436 .file_store_32/music0.mid create d 700 1009/513 0 .file_store_32/runescape create 700 1009/513 209734 .file_store_32/runescape/main_file_cache.dat1 I have no problem using plain vanilla 'rsync -auxH mywinxppc:/c/ ." to backup the files. Again it is frustrating that Backuppc seems to be so fragile in that it just seemingly hangs when it gets stuck on a file failing to either give any error messages (unless you manually run BackupPC_dump) or to explain what is wrong or to just skip the offending files and move on. I am using BackupPC-3.1.0 with rsync-2.6.9 The cygwin remote versions are: OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006 rsync version 2.6.6 protocol version 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/