On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 12:47:45 PM UTC-5, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > > On Dec 17 2015, Nikolaus Rath <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > That was not a good idea. If you had specified the cachedir, you > > wouldn't have lost any of the data. Note that you must have seen the > > following warning from fsck.s3ql: > > > > > > Backend reports that file system is still mounted > elsewhere. Either the file system > > has not been unmounted cleanly or the data has not yet > propagated through the backend. > > In the later case, waiting for a while should fix the > problem, in the former case you > > should try to run fsck on the computer where the file > system has been mounted most > > recently. > > > > Enter "continue" to use the outdated data anyway: > > > > I'm not sure how to make it more explicit that this is a dangerous > > operation. Note that you had to enter "continue" - it wasn't enough to > > just press enter or 'y'. > > Thinking about it, there is soom room to make this harder to do by > accident. I just committed this change: > > diff --git a/src/s3ql/fsck.py b/src/s3ql/fsck.py > --- a/src/s3ql/fsck.py > +++ b/src/s3ql/fsck.py > @@ -1203,13 +1203,18 @@ > In the later case, waiting for a while should fix the > problem, in the former case you > should try to run fsck on the computer where the file > system has been mounted most > recently. > + > + You may also continue and use whatever metadata is > available in the backend. > + However, in that case YOU MAY LOOSE ALL DATA THAT HAS BEEN > UPLOADED OR MODIFIED > + SINCE THE LAST SUCCESSFULL METADATA UPLOAD. Moreover, files > and directories that > + you have deleted since then MAY REAPPEAR WITH SOME OF THEIR > CONTENT LOST. > '''))) > > - print('Enter "continue" to use the outdated data anyway:', > + print('Enter "continue, I know what I am doing" to use the > outdated data anyway:', > '> ', sep='\n', end='') > if options.batch: > raise QuietError('(in batch mode, exiting)', exitcode=41) > - if sys.stdin.readline().strip() != 'continue': > + if sys.stdin.readline().strip() != 'continue, I know what I am > doing': > raise QuietError(exitcode=42) > > param['seq_no'] = seq_no > > > Hopefully this will prevent some such accidents in future. > > Best, > -Nikolaus > > -- > GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F > Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F > > »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« >
Nikolaus- Reading through the links again and fsck.s3ql --help, but I do not see where it is explicitly stated that the the metadata is stored in the --cachedir. -Jamie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "s3ql" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
