On 9/24/10 2:58 AM, Marcus Hardt wrote:
>
>> Rsync normally creates a tmp file with a different name which is renamed
>> when complete. Tar would just truncate and write on top of the old.
>> Both would fail on windows open files.
>
> The trouble I had restoring files happened on both OSes: Window
On Thursday 23 September 2010 20:06:40 Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 9/23/2010 12:47 PM, Michael Stowe wrote:
> >> I really don't think that would work.
> >
> > It would not work, nor is it possible, since Windows can't delete files
> > that are in use.
>
> Rsync normally creates a tmp file with a d
On Thursday 23 September 2010 19:43:14 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 05:52:26PM +0200, Marcus Hardt wrote:
> > [..]
> >
> > > I think it does the basic permissions that map to unix
> > > equivalents. It doesn't preserve acls, nor does it have any way
> > > to work around the
On 9/23/2010 12:47 PM, Michael Stowe wrote:
>
>> I really don't think that would work.
>
> It would not work, nor is it possible, since Windows can't delete files
> that are in use.
Rsync normally creates a tmp file with a different name which is renamed
when complete. Tar would just truncate an
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 05:52:26PM +0200, Marcus Hardt wrote:
>> [..]
>>
>> > I think it does the basic permissions that map to unix
>> > equivalents. It doesn't preserve acls, nor does it have any way
>> > to work around the existing ones - so you may have files that
>> > you can read in the ba
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 05:52:26PM +0200, Marcus Hardt wrote:
> [..]
>
> > I think it does the basic permissions that map to unix
> > equivalents. It doesn't preserve acls, nor does it have any way
> > to work around the existing ones - so you may have files that
> > you can read in the backups b
[..]
> I think it does the basic permissions that map to unix equivalents. It
> doesn't preserve acls, nor does it have any way to work around the
> existing ones - so you may have files that you can read in the backups
> but can't write back over the existing copy
Right. There might be files al
On 9/23/2010 10:05 AM, Marcus Hardt wrote:
> [..]
>
>> Have you tried getting a zip archive from the GUI instead? Or using
>> BackupPC_zipCreate on the CLI?
>
> No, sorry, I've not tried zip yet.
>
> I'll first try to understand why things work on one but not the other system.
>
>
> I've by found
[..]
> Have you tried getting a zip archive from the GUI instead? Or using
> BackupPC_zipCreate on the CLI?
No, sorry, I've not tried zip yet.
I'll first try to understand why things work on one but not the other system.
I've by found a windows XP host who friendly accepts the restores sent t
Hi,
I unpacked the tar on the backup server itself, which is also the host on
which I used firefox to download the tarfile.
The only tar I found is version 1.23 (corresponding to the debian/testing tar
package 1.23-2.1)
However, my primary problem is not tar. The primary problem is that I hav
There is something *very* wrong with either the tar used to make the
archive, or the tar used to restore. I wouldn't trust anything it
outputs at all.
What version of tar on both ends?
Have you tried getting a zip archive from the GUI instead? Or using
BackupPC_zipCreate on the CLI?
-Robin
On
Update:
On Tuesday 14 September 2010 13:16:01 Marcus Hardt wrote:
> Update:
>
> tar xf restore.tar will fail, if restore.tar is pretty big
fails
> cat restore.tar | tar x seems to work
fails
But:
using the 'i' option for
-i, --ignore-zeros
ignore zeroed blocks in archi
On 9/14/10 6:16 AM, Marcus Hardt wrote:
> Update:
>
> tar xf restore.tar will fail, if restore.tar is pretty big
>
> cat restore.tar | tar x seems to work
That doesn't make much sense. What version of tar is this?
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Update:
tar xf restore.tar will fail, if restore.tar is pretty big
cat restore.tar | tar x seems to work
And I thought windows was terrible...
M.
On Monday 13 September 2010 23:26:42 Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 9/13/2010 10:49 AM, Marcus Hardt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > btw: this problem s
On Monday 13 September 2010 23:26:42 Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 9/13/2010 10:49 AM, Marcus Hardt wrote:
[..]
> > And, of course I'm in deep shit now, since I told everone how super
> > great backuppc was...
>
> There is at least the option of downloading an archive file through a
> browser and resto
On 9/13/2010 10:49 AM, Marcus Hardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> btw: this problem seems to be client unspecific. I see the same errors using
> smbclient and rsync via ssh.
But windows specific? Are you sure the windows user has write access
and the file isn't locked by something else having it open?
> An
Hi,
btw: this problem seems to be client unspecific. I see the same errors using
smbclient and rsync via ssh.
M.
And, of course I'm in deep shit now, since I told everone how super great
backuppc was...
M.
On Monday 13 September 2010 14:32:16 Marcus Hardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to restore
Hi,
I need to restore a backup
This works for some folders and files but not for all
Trying various combinations I found one file which reproducably shows this
error, while others reproducably don't. The errornous file is 56 MB, and
direct download via the webinterface works.
Backups also fai
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