Re: [rdiff-backup-users] KeyError while backing up to sshfs

2012-01-30 Thread Jochen
Dominic, thanks for the help. No changes to the exclusions, tried all the --exclude-something stuff. I now started a completely new backup, which means loosing the history. If somebody wants to look into it, the backup is still available. I'd be glad to try things out and/or send any diagnost

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] KeyError while backing up to sshfs

2012-01-27 Thread Dominic Raferd
I guess you already considered if you made any changes to your system or to /etc/backup.list that might have caused the error to occur? You could try one or more of options --exclude-special-files --exclude-sockets --exclude-other-filesystems... Dominic

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] KeyError while backing up to sshfs

2012-01-26 Thread Jochen
Dominic, thanks for the tip, alas no luck. Didn't work with the changed backup.list either. - **/*~ - **/rdiff-backup.tmp.* - **/#*# - **/rdiff-backup.tmp.* - /backup/usr/portage - /backup/tmp - /backup/var/tmp - /backup/sys - /backup/root - /backup/var/log - /backup/var/cache - /backup/var/run

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] KeyError while backing up to sshfs

2012-01-26 Thread Dominic Raferd
Jochen: what if you change /etc/backup.list by removing the final slash from /backup/dev/ i.e. /backup/dev I think that with your backup list it tries to backup /backup/dev (though not its contents) and maybe this causes the failure? Dominic -

[rdiff-backup-users] KeyError while backing up to sshfs

2012-01-25 Thread Jochen
Hi, I get a (repeatable) KeyError while backing up to sshfs using rdiff-backup on linux (either version 1.2.8 or 1.3.3). My backups ran normally for about a year, then this error came, and they don't work since. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Jochen Command === rdiff-backu