Martin Fisher wrote: > Hi All > > I have an rdiff-backup to an external usb drive running on the half hour > from cron, viz: > > 30 * * * * rdiff-backup --include /home/martin/Desktop > --include /home/martin/Documents --include /home/martin/Music > --include /home/martin/Pictures --include /home/martin/.tomboy --exclude > '**' /home/martin /media/ext3backup2/rdiff-backup > > It just failed, probably because the computer was turned off whilst it > was underway. It did not run again at the next half-hour, when the > computer was on, and when I ran > > rdiff-backup -l /media/ext3backup2/rdiff-backup > > I received this: > > Fatal Error: Previous backup to /media/ext3backup2/rdiff-backup seems to > have failed. > Rerun rdiff-backup with --check-destination-dir option to revert > directory to state before unsuccessful session.
Martin, Try the instructions in the FAQ: http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/FAQ.html#regress_failure Andrew -- Andrew Ferguson - [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
