G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote at about 12:49:14 +0000 on Saturday,
January 22, 2022:
> Hi there,
>
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, Jeff Kosowsky wrote:
>
> > ...
> > log: recv cS+++++++++ rwxrwx--- 1006, 1006 0 cam_socket0
> > log: recv cS+++++++++ rwxrwx--- 1006, 1006 0 cam_socket1
> > log: recv >f+++++++++ rwx------ 1000, 1000 8
> > hidden_volume.txt
> >
> > it seems like it gets stuck somewhere between backing up
> > 'cam_socket1' and 'hidden_volume.txt' since the last BackupPC log line
> > I see is:
> > recv cS+++++++++ rwxrwx--- 1006, 1006 0 cam_socket1
> >
> > If the problem is backing up a 'socket', the problem is not in native
> > rsync as it proceeds fine but rather presumably in rsync_bpc.
> > ...
>
> Seems odd to me that it's trying to back up a socket at all. AFAICR
> neither rsync nor rsync-bpc (at least recent versions) will read a
> socket without for example being given the '--specials' option. I
> believe it's mentioned in the rsync-bpc changelogs for around 2006.
As you can see in my original post, the rsync-bpc command line
includes '-D' and according to the rsync man page:
-D same as --devices --specials
So, it is indeed instructed to backup 'specials'
> Anyway I'd definitely want to avoid trying to back up sockets, raw
> devices, and anything like that.
>
> Last time I had BackupPC transfers timing out was when something which
> used X went off the reservation and wrote *huge* hidden errors file in
> a user's home directory. Took a while to find. :/
But none of this explain why rsync-bpc fails while rsync with the same
relevant command line arguments succeeds.
Still stumped...
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