On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 1:22 PM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > Mariano Aliaga wrote at about 11:34:55 -0300 on Wednesday, September 2, > 2020: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:28 AM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote at about 14:22:50 +0100 on > > > Wednesday, September 2, 2020: > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020, Mariano Aliaga wrote: > > > > > ... > > > > > tar:974 Fatal: Can't translate pathname './Ajuste Inflaci?n > > > A?o2019.xps' to UTF-8 > > > > > ... > > > > > ... So I wonder if this is a known bug, it's smbclient, backuppc, > > > > > tar or what? Is there some known workaround? I'd appreciate any > help > > > > > you could give. > > > > > > > > I think it's a message from 'tar'. (That's because that's what it > > > says. :) > > > > > > > > It's not what I'd call a bug, it's the unfortunate result of the > many > > > > changes to the capabilities of both utilties and filesystems over > the > > > > time that they've been in use. There can be ambiguities when > strings > > > > are translated between some character sets, and you really don't > want > > > > that kind of ambiguity in file names. > > > > > > > > What's your output from 'locale'? > > > > > > > > Just a stab in the dark but you might try UTF-16, as mentioned > here: > > > > > > > > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/tar-cant-translate-pathname.32262/ > > > > > > > > Life was so simple when everything was done with 7-bit ASCII > codes... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > 73, > > > > Ged. > > > > > > > > > > Agree with Ged... I have had similar issues with rsync over time > > > But two further items: > > > 1. Does the entire tar backup fail or does it just skip the offending > > > paths? > > > > > > > The entire (smb) backup fails. > That doesn't typically happen with rsync as it typically "skips" the > file. > What happens when you try to manually 'tar' the file? > Do you get the same error? > If you are tarring multiple files, does the entire manual tar fail? >
I can't easily test this, as it's a Windows host I'm trying to backup. If I manually download the file (with smbclient) on the BPC server, and then tar it, it works OK. > Is there any reason you can't use rsync? > It's typically faster, more robust, and more full-featured (e.g., it > can backup more file types along with ACLs & xattrs) whereas tar has > more limitations... > Again, it's not a "tar" backup, but a "smb" one. And although I could use rsync (and I'm doing it as I have no option), I rather use a protocol that's native to the client, and since "smb" is one of the supported Xfer methods, I would expect it to work. > > > > > > > 2. (This one is for Craig) It would be good if the error summaries > > > could better reflect the errors encountered by the transport > > > method. In this case, tar has a 'fatal' error, > > > tar:974 Fatal: Can't translate pathname './Ajuste Inflación Año > > > but the summary line says: > > > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 7 filesExist, 289563505 sizeExist, > > > 285326858 sizeExistComp, 7 filesTotal, 289563505 sizeTotal, 0 > > > filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 110 inodeLast > > > > > > It's never been clear to me which 'errors' get counted and which > > > don't... > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ >
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