Hi, does --exclude-other-filesystems get rid of that? Regards, Jakob
On 15.05.2011 00:45, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to create a backup of my system configuration using > rdiff-backup. The idea is to have a backup of `/etc' and a few dotfiles > in `$HOME' just in case I screw something up. Ideally this backup should > be performed by a cron job. > > rdiff-backup is called as > rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist file_list \ > / $HOME/.backup/local > > where `file_list' looks like > - /**~ > - /.*.swp > - /**/.*.swp > /etc > /home/username/.ssh/config > - / > > The problem: As soon as I put any file inside home into `file_list' the > following error message appears and the backup fails. > [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/username/.gvfs' > > Adding `- /home/username/.gvfs' to the file list doesn't help. > > Googling around revealed, that this is a known problem and has to do > with fuse [1,2]. [1] even says this issue would be solved in the cvs > version. I've tried 1.2.8, 1.3.3 and the latest cvs version. All produce > the same error message. > The exact error message is attached to the mail. > > I had a look at the code myself, but it's not clear to me where to > handle this case. Non readable files should produce an error if they are > listed as source or destination. But, I do _not_ want to backup `.gvfs' > so it should _not_ produce an error... > > A quick hack around this is given in [2]. But, it's definitely not an > option for a cron job. > > Best, > Andreas > > [1] > http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/rdiff-backup-23/rdiff-backup-trying-to-access-gvfs-even-though-it-is-exc-93726/ > [2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=783935 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
