Hello Nikolaus! Am I correct, that `clone_fs.py` requires the "old" filesystem to be available?
I only took a quick look, but AFAICT I can't convert the already copied filesystem. correct? I guess I will either have to setup a fake backend, which serves my local files, or rewrite s3ql. regards Christian On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 21:36, Nikolaus Rath <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 26 2019, Daniel Jagszent <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Christian, > >> [...] During the update files were missing and I decided to copy > >> everything to a local disk before continuing the upgrade process. > >> [...] > > did you copy the files from an object storage (S3, Google Storage, > > OpenStack Swift)? That does not work. S3QL needs metadata of the > > copied "files" that you probably did not copy over – and even if, the > > Local file backend stores the metadata differently, AFAIK. > > That's right. > > > You cannot easily copy a S3QL filesystem from one backend type to > > another. > > It's pretty easy if you use the right tools :-). > > https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql/blob/master/contrib/clone_fs.py > > > Best, > -Nikolaus > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F > > »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/s3ql/87y31o3zrc.fsf%40vostro.rath.org. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/s3ql/CAFF6WSGoC2BQMkkv%3DO5zrf4yBwWpnFMqDFAPBV98UZVKBpKSpg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
