> The message I see in the same situation is: > [...]
Ah, now I understand. My script was doing a first sweep with "--force", but also with "--remove-older-than", which of course will fail in this scenario. I wrote the thing some time ago. Thanks for your help. > Fatal Error: Destination directory [dir] > exists, but does not look like a rdiff-backup directory. Running > rdiff-backup like this could mess up what is currently in it. If you > want to update or overwrite it, run rdiff-backup with the --force > option. > Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system > If you do as it suggests and run rdiff-backup with > --force option, it should complete successfully and > convert the destination directory in an rdiff-backup repository. By the way, the wording in the rdiff-backup message above is probably well meaning, but it does inflict some fear, especially if you have a huge backup on a slow USB drive. I would suggest mentioning in the documentation that --force is fine in this scenario. It is not untypical to migrate from other backup systems to rdiff-backup, so mentioning that this regenerates 'rdiff-backup-data' would help. Regards, rdiez _______________________________________________ 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
