[rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff-backup 1.30

2009-01-06 Thread Craig Findlay
Hi all, I just upgraded a couple of machines to 1.3.0 Below is a traceback when running on a standard script of mine: (Used to work with 1.1.15) It's backing up from a Windows server to a unix box. The script runs on the unix box. Any thoughts? (The first line is output from my script, the rest is

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 6, 2009, at 8:30 PM, sphen wrote: i just replaced the file within the source - rebuilt etc -- looked like it was replaced under: copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py -> / usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup but for some reason i am still gett

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] --override-chars-to-quote bug fixed and default behaviour change

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Oliver Mulatz wrote: On 2009-01-05 Oliver Mulatz wrote: > Another issue: there's a bug (RDB aborts) in '--override-chars-to- quote' > functionality, (I require for cross-platform filesystem compatibility). > > It hits each time "--override-chars-to-quote" is use

[rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

2009-01-06 Thread sphen
wow thats quick... i just replaced the file within the source - rebuilt etc -- looked like it was replaced under: copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py -> /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup but for some reason i am still getting the error? i also saw

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:33 PM, sphen wrote: having the same exact issue here as well - i am going from a case- sensitive filesystem to one that is not. the first backup went fine with the option: --override-chars-to-quote '' but subsequent backups fail. i have to choose to ignore case becau

[rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

2009-01-06 Thread sphen
thanks for the quick reply... below is the output of the command... and i am aware that what i am doing is risky -- honestly if i cant work this out i may try and figure out how to get another partition on the os x server and make it case sensitive.. Executing ssh -C r...@vps rdiff-backup --

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:33 PM, sphen wrote: having the same exact issue here as well - i am going from a case- sensitive filesystem to one that is not. the first backup went fine with the option: --override-chars-to-quote '' but subsequent backups fail. i have to choose to ignore case beca

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Does rdiff implement kernel specific optimizations?

2009-01-06 Thread Greg Freemyer
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Andrew Ferguson wrote: > On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote: >> >> I just came across tee() and splice(). They were introduced in >> 2.6.17, so relatively new, but not that new. >> >> http://linux.die.net/man/2/tee >> http://linux.die.net/man/2/splice

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Does rdiff implement kernel specific optimizations?

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote: I just came across tee() and splice(). They were introduced in 2.6.17, so relatively new, but not that new. http://linux.die.net/man/2/tee http://linux.die.net/man/2/splice They allow data to be copied from one file descriptor to another without

[rdiff-backup-users] Does rdiff implement kernel specific optimizations?

2009-01-06 Thread Greg Freemyer
Devels, I just came across tee() and splice(). They were introduced in 2.6.17, so relatively new, but not that new. http://linux.die.net/man/2/tee http://linux.die.net/man/2/splice They allow data to be copied from one file descriptor to another without the data coming into userspace. If I was

[rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

2009-01-06 Thread sphen
having the same exact issue here as well - i am going from a case-sensitive filesystem to one that is not. the first backup went fine with the option: --override-chars-to-quote '' but subsequent backups fail. i have to choose to ignore case because i need a useable mirror on the other system

[rdiff-backup-users] 1.2.5 minor bugfix release

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
Hi all, Another week, another release. This release fixes the error tracebacks so that rdiff-backup will again produce useful tracebacks (instead of always failing in the process due to a silly typo). It also improves native Windows support so that long filenames give UpdateError instead

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] long filename error

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 6, 2009, at 4:01 PM, John covici wrote: I hope you at least give a warning so people will know the file was not backed up. It gives rdiff-backup's standard UpdateError, just like other errors which cause an individual file to fail, without taking the whole backup with them: OSErro

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 5, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: First of all, I really like rdiff-backup. In most cases (all but the one I'll detail below), it's been great for me. Searching in the mailing-list archives has led me to believe that either the operating system version (64- versus 32-bit) or the

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] long filename error

2009-01-06 Thread John covici
I hope you at least give a warning so people will know the file was not backed up. on Tuesday 01/06/2009 Andrew Ferguson(adfergu...@gmail.com) wrote > > On Jan 4, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Ryan wrote: > > > Under Windows XP with version 1.3.0, if I try to back up the > > following file, > > > >

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error on remote restore (1.2.3)

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 5, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Dominic wrote: ... but I do get an error with rdiff-backup 1.2.4 when running from a *Windows* client (to Linux-based rdiff-backup server) thus: C:\>rdiff-backup -r 0D dominic-pcchi...@192.168.100.125::archives/ mydocs/myfile.docx myfile.docx Traceback (most recen

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] long filename error

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Jan 4, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Ryan wrote: Under Windows XP with version 1.3.0, if I try to back up the following file, "C:\important stuff \1

[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for rdiff-backup - Later as Wiki-Entry - Request for comments now

2009-01-06 Thread Andrew Price
Hi, On 06/01/09 11:58, Oliver Mulatz wrote: > Especially pyBackPack looks interesting, although it is not found in a > Google-search for "rdiff-backup GUI". I'm the maintainer of pybackpack and I follow the rdiff-backup list so thanks for mentioning it. I'd like to clarify some points: > ## Pyth

RE: [rdiff-backup-users] Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) forrdiff-backup - Later as Wiki-Entry - Request for comments now

2009-01-06 Thread Lucas Burdick
I've had pretty good success with RdiffWeb. It's quite easy to set up and fast. The newest version (0.6.3) is able to use SSL as well for secure connections. I cannot comment on the others however. Lucas Burdick -Original Message- From: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+lucas=progressive-

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for rdiff-backup - Later as Wiki-Entry - Request for comments now

2009-01-06 Thread Greg Freemyer
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Oliver Mulatz wrote: > > Hi *, > > most will use rdiff-backup via commandline, but some users don't feel > comfortable with/are used to graphical interfaces, so the below list might > help. > > Especially pyBackPack looks interesting, although it is not found in a >

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for rdiff-backup - Later as Wiki-Entry - Request for comments now

2009-01-06 Thread Curtis Osterhoudt
I've tried, at one time or another, all of the GUIs listed below. Most, for lack of my understanding, were (at the time of my trying them) pretty rough. The ones I'm using now are: * rdiffWeb -- I haven't really worked out exactly how to consistently stay logged on, or have it rem

[rdiff-backup-users] --override-chars-to-quote bug fixed and default behaviour change

2009-01-06 Thread Oliver Mulatz
On 2009-01-05 Oliver Mulatz wrote: > Another issue: there's a bug (RDB aborts) in '--override-chars-to-quote' > functionality, (I require for cross-platform filesystem compatibility). > > It hits each time "--override-chars-to-quote" is used, even with empty > set ('') for keeping capital chars

[rdiff-backup-users] Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for rdiff-backup - Later as Wiki-Entry - Request for comments now

2009-01-06 Thread Oliver Mulatz
Hi *, most will use rdiff-backup via commandline, but some users don't feel comfortable with/are used to graphical interfaces, so the below list might help. Especially pyBackPack looks interesting, although it is not found in a Google-search for "rdiff-backup GUI". ## pyBackPack - sponsored 20

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backing up remote db's

2009-01-06 Thread Oliver Mulatz
Hi Peter, on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:43:33 +1100 you wrote: I am running rdiff-backup on a linux box and have a mysql database server running on another windows box. Can I set up a rdiff-backup config to log in remotely to the mysql on the other box and do a dump of all databases so it gets back

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] restore do not work

2009-01-06 Thread Dominic
Hi Dmitriy Try with rdiff-backup 1.2.4, version 1.2.3 is broken on restoring. (1.2.4 also seems to have some problems with restoring but you should try it first...) Dominic DK wrote: Hi, It looks like an ssh error because locally restore is working ssh setup systems ate Cent OS 5.2 Any i