On 10 July 2012 05:22, henri <shus...@connect.homeunix.com> wrote: >> I am testing LBackup on my system running newly installed and updated >> Mac OS X 10.5.8. I followed the configuring basic backup instructions >> (http://www.lbackup.org/configuring_a_basic_backup) on the LBackup >> website. > > Glad to know you are trying out LBackup. Thank you for reaching out to the > LBackup community and if you have any comments or suggestions then they are > very welcome. Please report back once you have it working or if you are still > having problems after looking over the information listed below. > > I believe the problem you are seeing is related to your LBackup configuration > directory path containing a space. > > At present any LBackup configuration directory must not contain spaces (or > various shell interpreted characters). There have been plans to add support > for more complex paths to the LBackup configuration directories. However, > adding this will require time and testing and there are many other features > which are higher up in the priority list for the developers at Lucid. > However, if you are willing to branch the project and work on a patch then we > would assist with testing. A note has been added to the LBackup online manual > about this : > <http://www.lbackup.org/lbackup_manual#lbackup_configuration_directory_notes> > > To confirm my assumption is correct would you please report back on the > current path to your LBackup configuration directory. For example when you > run LBackup what is the full command? For example : "/usr/local/sbin/lbackup > /etc/lbackup/testing/test_backup.conf" > > LBackup offers a great deal of flexibility with regards where the backup > configurations may be located. For example, you are not limited to the > "/etc/lbackup" directory. As an example, if you wanted to place the LBackup > configuration(s) on your desktop or store them in multiple locations or > organize them into a folder hierarchy that is fine. An example of the command > to run LBackup with a LBackup configuration located on the desktop of the > user with a short name of "backup" would be something like the following : > "/usr/local/sbin/lbackup > /Users/backup/Desktop/testing_backup_conf/test_backup.conf" > > Please note the issue regarding the log file names (if you are not using the > alpha release) <http://www.lbackup.org/known_issues> : "If your log file has > a space or other character which requires escaping in the path name then it > will not work. A bug fix for this issue, is slated for the next release. It > has already been fixed in the latest alpha." > > Finally, with regards spaces in the names > <http://www.lbackup.org/known_issues> : "Backups will fail if the last > directory specified in the path as the backup destination has a space in the > name. Please ensure that the backup destination directory specified within > your LBackup configurations has no space. The LBackup team are investigating > this issue." My understanding is that this issue has been resolved. However, > this requires confirmation. If you have any problems then please report back. > Once this issue has been confirmed to be resolved then it will be removed > from the known issue list or it will be re-assigned to someone to look > investigate further. > > I hope this information is helpful. In conclusion, I will add a note to the > LBackup documentation about this current restriction on the location of the > LBackup configuration directory placement within the file system. > > Should you have any questions or need additional help then please let us know.
Hello, Thank you for your extensive reply! I did some testing and here is what I found: (1) I move my LBackup configuration to a path that doesn't include a space, and it worked. I will remember this in the future. Thank you for adding a note about this in the online manual. (2) I will also make sure my log files don't have spaces in their names. (3) Once the configuration file worked, I tested backing up files and folders with spaces in their names or paths. All seem to work so far. This is very good and important! Now that a basic backup works, I do have a few more questions that I will post in another email. Thank you again for your quick and detailed response! _______________________________________________ lbackup-discussion mailing list http://www.lbackup.org Change options or unsubscribe : http://lbackup.org/mailing_lists
