Continuing a thread from Jul 2011, I would like to know if in case of backing up 1 file (>1 GB) and tarsnap quitting due to 'Too many network failures', parts of the file are retained on the server, and re-used when repeating the backup command in tarsnap.
I got the uncomfortable feeling that the error message I got: "Error closing archive", means 'NO'. Further I wonder why the backup fails already after 4 errors looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com. This way, with my quite unstable network connection, I'm afraid the uploading will never complete. Thanks This is what happened: [user ~]$ tarsnap -c --cachedir tarsnap -f anon-web_some-big-file --keyfile tarsnap/anon-web.key some-big-file tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Connection lost, waiting 30 seconds before reconnecting tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Connection lost, waiting 60 seconds before reconnecting tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Connection lost, waiting 90 seconds before reconnecting tarsnap: Connection re-established tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Error looking up betatest-server.tarsnap.com: Name or service not known tarsnap: Using cached DNS lookup tarsnap: Too many network failures tarsnap: Error closing archive tarsnap: Error exit delayed from previous errors. [user ~]$
