Hi, In the situation where rdiff-backup appears broken because the destination has become full and the recommended "--check-destination-dir" option only gives "[Errno 28] No space left on device" errors. The option "--tempdir" can be given to recover the backup directory. The python module tempfile will use /tmp by default, overriding that to somewhere with more space enabled the check to complete.
For example: rdiff-backup --tempdir /diskb/backups/pub --check-destination-dir /diskb/backups/pub A quick note in the man page about this would be useful. Something like this would have saved me quite some time. :-) --- rdiff-backup.1.orig 2011-08-03 11:36:57.000000000 +0100 +++ rdiff-backup.1 2011-08-03 11:39:49.000000000 +0100 @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If an rdiff-backup session fails, running rdiff-backup with this option on the destination dir will undo the failed directory. This happens automatically if you attempt to back up to a directory and the -last backup failed. +last backup failed. The option --tempdir might be needed if the default system tempdir does not have sufficient space available. .TP .B \-\-compare This is equivalent to Regards -- Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
