I removed a load of files from my machine which gets backed up. the next backup failed (lost connection it said). I ran it again with force, and I get this error. the thing is, I have 473gb free on the device (the backup is 66gb including 60 days of incremental diff - a lot of files though). Does rdiff-backup use any temp space like /tmp which could have got filled ?
Warning: Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>': File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error try: return function(*args) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 460, in get_fp current_fp = self.get_first_fp() File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 497, in get_first_fp rpath.copyfileobj(fp, current_fp) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 60, in copyfileobj outputfp.write(inbuf) Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class 'exceptions.IOError': 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 829, 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 829, 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 IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system Warning: Failed backup up source 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
