There were new files, I created one to force the system to back it up. It did not crash on that particular file, but gave the error message (with the cut-off file name). I tried to make subdirectories on the backup disk. No problem. Filesystem is ext4.
On 06/27/2013 10:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Mike Bosschaert <[email protected]> wrote: >> For some reason I CAN make incremental backups (which do report errors on >> the long directory names). But the process does not crash. > That probably just means there aren't any new files to write there. > >> One detail which may be important. I use an external USB disk (2GB), mounted >> on /home/backuppc. I have linked /var/lib/backuppc -> /home/backuppc. My >> last full backup is of januari 2013, without any errors. The directory >> structure has not changed significantly (the directories producing errors >> now did exist at that time, but were fully accessible, no size-limits >> present). The system design has not changed since then, neither have the >> system been updated. > What file system type is on the USB drive? > >> Is there a way to increase the debug reporting level to get more clues? > Can you create the same file manually with the full path - the shell > might give you a better error message. > > -- > Les Mikesell > [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > . > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
