One of my hourly backups now gives the following warning on every run. I have tried the force option, but it makes no difference.
Warning: Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. Exception '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/raid/backups/muse-hourly/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2007-12-19T20:00:50Z.snapshot.gz'' raised of class 'exceptions.OSError': File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302, in error_check_Main try: Main(arglist) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 322, in Main take_action(rps) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 278, in take_action elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 335, in Backup backup_final_init(rpout) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 435, in backup_final_init checkdest_if_necessary(rpout) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 830, in checkdest_if_necessary dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 447, in __call__ return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 369, in reval if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ? rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302, in error_check_Main try: Main(arglist) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 322, in Main take_action(rps) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 278, in take_action elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 335, in Backup backup_final_init(rpout) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 435, in backup_final_init checkdest_if_necessary(rpout) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 830, in checkdest_if_necessary dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 447, in __call__ return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 369, in reval if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/raid/backups/muse-hourly/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2007-12-19T20:00:50Z.snapshot.gz' Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system Warning: Failed backup up source Warning: <<<< finished action /etc/backup.d/91.rdiff: WARNING It does seem, that when something goes wrong during a backup, rdiff-backup is not very good at recovering. im running 1.1.14 btw Best Regards Jools -- IT Consultant Oxford Inspire - http://www.oxfordinspire.co.uk - be inspired t: 01235 519446 m: 07966 577498 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
