Actually, looking through my config file for RP4, I see that I am backing up everything on the root filesystem -- including volatile directories like /run. (this is a config mistake in that I forgot to customize my config file for RP4)
So definitely not a backuppc problem. backu...@kosowsky.org wrote at about 10:24:03 -0500 on Tuesday, January 4, 2022: > I backup my RPI4 every night without incident. > I do exclude some of the runtime files -- not because they cause > errors but because it's a waste of space. > > George King wrote at about 14:41:37 +0000 on Tuesday, January 4, 2022: > > I don't think its anything intrinsic to the RPi 4. I have RPi 4 with > > Raspbian Buster running a Nextcloud server backing up onto Backuppc > > normally, but I'm only backing up the data files. > > > > On 04/01/2022 03:53, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > > Gregory P. Ennis wrote at about 21:02:14 -0600 on Monday, January 3, > 2022: > > > > I also am trying to backup a RaspberryPi4 that keeps hanging an > stopping at the > > > > directory /run . BackupPC does not error out and I have not found > any log > > > > entries of concern. It just pauses at /run and stays at that point > until I > > > > either reboot or restart backuppc. > > > > > > Why are you backing up /run? > > > The entries are volatile and are cleared on reboot so you should > > > exclude them. > > > > > > > BackupPC does allows me to stop the process but it does not stop > the process. > > > > the Stop/Dequeue Backup tab is depressed when it is clicked but > > > > nothing happens > > > > > > Sometimes it can take a while to stop/dequeue if the transport method > > > (e.g. rsync) is stuck. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
