On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Ben Escoto wrote:
> for more information. So getting that SpecialFileError is the
> intended behavior. The only problem is that you also get an
> UpdateError, which is unnecessary, but doesn't seem like a very
> serious flaw.
Ok, that's fine.
> Does the symlink restore correctly?
No, but the other files are restored correctly. Thanks a lot for fixing
this! FYI, here's the log from the restore, it doesn't mention the
symlinked file:
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> PYTHONPATH=$RDB_CVS $RDB_CVS/rdiff-backup -v6 -r 3m
~/emory/cgunay/home_backup/ tmp/
Using mirror root directory /Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at
/Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at
/Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for rdiff-backup repository (read only) file system:
Access control lists Off
Extended attributes Off
Case sensitivity Off
Mac OS X style resource forks Off
Mac OS X Finder information Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Making directory tmp
Making directory tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Making directory tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl
Hard linking tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl/hardlinked_file2 to
tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at
tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Removing directory tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for restore target (read/write) file system:
Ownership changing Off
Hard linking On
fsync() directories On
Directory inc permissions On
High-bit permissions On
Extended filenames On
Access control lists Off
Extended attributes Off
Case sensitivity On
Mac OS X style resource forks Off
Mac OS X Finder information Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Starting restore of /Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup to tmp as it
was as of Sat Jan 14 13:25:20 2006.
Processing changed file .
Processing changed file makedvd
Regular copying ('makedvd',) to tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
Hash cff864ef43e09329553bed5a42e632e8ac4d6fef of makedvd verified
Processing changed file mount_emory
Regular copying ('mount_emory',) to tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.2
Hash 71c7c14c02eb8605336e1d30eed6535fcdb8e3e8 of mount_emory verified
Processing changed file mountwww
Regular copying ('mountwww',) to tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.3
Hash f25a502bbf6f4c2774f91c86db33ce3eaa46b5ec of mountwww verified
Restore finished
Cleaning up
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp> ls -al tmp/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 cengiz users 128 2006-01-06 14:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 cengiz users 4440 2006-01-14 13:28 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cengiz users 590 2005-12-13 18:25 makedvd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cengiz users 80 2006-01-06 14:05 mount_emory
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cengiz users 148 2004-11-23 15:22 mountwww
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Here's the listing of the original location:
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> ls -la ~/bin
total 19
drwxr-xr-x 2 cengiz users 160 2006-01-06 14:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 94 cengiz users 7320 2006-01-14 13:29 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cengiz users 590 2005-12-13 18:25 makedvd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cengiz users 80 2006-01-06 14:05 mount_emory
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cengiz users 148 2004-11-23 15:22 mountwww
lrwxrwxrwx 1 cengiz users 42 2005-10-25 12:56
subpixelview -> /Lab/cengiz/work/subpixelJava/subpixelview
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Cengiz Gunay
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