Hi,
So I tried something... tried to back up from an ext4 filesystem to
exFAT. rsync works without any problems.
With the best regards,
David
david@nitro ~> uname -a
Linux nitro 5.3.0-46-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 27 17:37:05 UTC 2020
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
david@nitro ~> sudo rdiff-backup -v 5 --force /home/
/media/david/Backup\ SSD/Nitro/home/
Using rdiff-backup version 1.9.0b0
with cpython /usr/bin/python3 version 3.7.5
on Linux-5.3.0-46-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-19.10-eoan, fs
encoding utf-8
Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs
not supported by filesystem at /home
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Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
Access control lists On
Extended attributes On
Windows access control lists Off
Case sensitivity On
Escape DOS devices Off
Escape trailing spaces Off
Mac OS X style resource forks Off
Mac OS X Finder information Off
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Exception '' raised of class '<class 'AssertionError'>':
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 390, in error_check_Main
Main(arglist)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 412, in Main
take_action(rps)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 348, in take_action
Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 424, in Backup
rpout.conn.fs_abilities.backup_set_globals(rpin, force)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 1044, in backup_set_globals
dest_fsa = FSAbilities('destination').init_readwrite(Globals.rbdir)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 159, in init_readwrite
self.set_case_sensitive_readwrite(subdir)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 325, in set_case_sensitive_readwrite
assert not upper_a.lstat()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 32, in <module>
rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 390, in error_check_Main
Main(arglist)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 412, in Main
take_action(rps)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 348, in take_action
Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
line 424, in Backup
rpout.conn.fs_abilities.backup_set_globals(rpin, force)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 1044, in backup_set_globals
dest_fsa = FSAbilities('destination').init_readwrite(Globals.rbdir)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 159, in init_readwrite
self.set_case_sensitive_readwrite(subdir)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 325, in set_case_sensitive_readwrite
assert not upper_a.lstat()
AssertionError
