1.1.x in theory protects itself from multiple writers to the same destination (i say theory because i haven't tested it).
1.0.x does not protect itself from multiple writers. -dean On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Matthew Flaschen wrote: > What will happen if the same rdiff-backup sources and destinations are > used by two simultaneously running backups? E.g. if there is an active > backup from /home/ to /media/external, what will happen if I try to do > another simultaneous backup from /home/ to /media/external ? Will any > form of lockfile prevent this? If not, will corruption result? I ask > because it appears I have ran a manual backup while cron was doing one > in the background. Now, when I try to run the backup, I get the error: > > Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. > Regressing to Fri Aug 10 03:40:36 2007 > Fatal Error: No metadata for time Fri Aug 10 03:40:36 2007 found, cannot > regress > > Matthew Flaschen > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
