Andrew, On 17.01.08, Andrew Ferguson wrote: > Steve White wrote: > > Andrew, > > > > I have put the > > --exclude-sockets > > flag into the run line, but problems persist (as reported on this list > > by others). > > Strange. I'll have to look into that. > > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-03xPEO/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-4qHMp9/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-KT6gV6/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-LDecfv/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-jpogjm/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-nmtjj8/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-s2zl6H/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-ufvg5k/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError tmp/keyring-y5JMv9/socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Socket error: AF_UNIX path too > > long > > SpecialFileError var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket Socket error: AF_UNIX path > > too long > > SpecialFileError var/run/iiim/.iiimp-unix/9010 Socket error: AF_UNIX path > > too long > > > > I don't understand the complaint about the path being too long. > > None of these file names itself is long... > > The limit on AF_UNIX paths is 107 characters (see the sockaddr_un > structure in sys/un.h). What is the path you are trying to back them up > to? (the path to the backup mirror) > The backup all goes into a subfolder on the mirror machine.
I just counted 21 characters added to the path names. So this isn't the cause of the error. > It could also be that the increments are causing a problem (as > rdiff-backup tries to remove them from the mirror, now that you are > using the --exclude-sockets option) > I don't get that. Is there an experiment I could try? Thanks! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steve White +49(331)7499-202 Computer Programmierer Zi. 35 Bg. 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP) An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, Peter A. Stolz Stiftung privaten Rechts, Stiftungsverzeichnis Brandenburg: III/7-71-026 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________ 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
