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Jools Smyth wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
