On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:12:18PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Chris G wrote: > >>>>>>> /etc/cron.daily/backup: UpdateError >>>>>>> nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/info Updated mirror temp file >>>>>>> /bak/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/rdiff-backup.tmp.52 >>>>>>> does not match source UpdateError >>>>>>> nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt7/info >>> >>>> ... and it doesn't go away by itself, I have *exactly* the same errors >>>> today. >> >> On looking harder at it I realised *why* it won't go away. The "does >> not match" errors are coming from /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs >> directories and I'm backing up to, guess what, a remote NFS mounted >> drive so the files in question really *are* changing during the backup. >> >> I want to back up /var/lib so this is a problem. >> >> All I need is a way to make the error messages go away so a successful >> backup is silent. > > Try --exclude-other-filesystems or --exclude /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs > > There's no reason to back up an rpc_pipefs because you wouldn't want to > restore it. Same for /proc, /sys, etc. > Yes, that should do it, it isn't initially obvious that those 'files' aren't real files but special NFS filesystem ones. I've added --exclude-other-filesystems to the backup so we'll see tomorrow if it worked. Thank you!
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