> I don't know about stalling, but leaving zombie processes is something > "normal". As far as I can tell, it happens when you dump multiple > directories or drives from the same machine. BackupPC_dump will fork > one process to dump the first directory, then one process to dump the > second one, and so on, but it will "reap" the children processes all > at once at the end. I don't know if this happens with "rsync" only > (that's how I use it and see it here) or with the other xfer methods > ("tar", "smb") as well...
I guess I don't care about the zombie, but since the backup never "completes" something is obviously amiss. I suspect that once "complete" maybe TrashClean or something clears away the leftover processes; there are never zombies after a successful inc or full backup, only when one hangs... Maybe the zombie isn't the problem put some parent process never realizing the subtasks are complete. thanks steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/