That is good advice, and in the future I'll make sure to add --exclude-special-files and any other sane options to prevent possible problems. Sadly that didn't allow me to restore the damaged backup directory, but I decided to take your advice and look for other useful options in the manpage, and I found one. I ran:
sudo rdiff-backup --no-eas --check-destination-dir /backups/harvey-home/ And it worked. My backup directory seems to be fixed and I can now list increments again. I think the problem is fixed, though I'll know for sure when I try to back up again. This is uncharted territory for me, but I figure I'm better off disabling backing up of extended attributes with --no-eas to prevent such problems in the future. Everyone, thank you for your ideas and your support. > Hello, > > I once have issue with disk space when backing-up special files. e.g.: > socket or device (like /dev or /proc). Make sure to only backup real > file. Check rdiff-backup manual to exclude those files. > > -- > Patrik Dufresne Service Logiciel inc. > http://www.patrikdufresne.com <http://patrikdufresne.com/>/ > 514-971-6442 > 1-114 rue des Hautbois, > St-Colomban, QC J5K 2H6 _______________________________________________ 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
