For tarsnap.conf, where did you install tarsnap? Is it possible it's looking for /etc/tarsnap.conf instead? I'm not sure how to get tarsnap to tell you which config file it's built for, short of using strings and grep on the binary...
And ^Q appears to be working exactly as I'd expect. ^Q, as I understand it, tells it to checkpoint before exiting. So this would leave a partial archive with a .part name. You then need to create the next archive with a new name. If this is documented differently somewhere I'd like to see it so I can educate myself :-) Tim. On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 07:11:25PM +0000, tarsnap wrote: > I have to add to point 2, that this truncation is always followed by > another error: > > tarsnap: Archive truncated > tarsnap: Error exit delayed from previous errors. > > maybe that's just the cause of the errors that I get by reinstating the > command? > > tarsnap: An archive already exists with the name <filename>.part" > tarsnap: Error creating new archive > > thanks > > On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 16:42:30 +0000 > tarsnap <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have 2 issues remaining that keep puzzling me, maybe someone can > > point out what I'm doing wrong? > > > > 1. If I make a backup > > ( sudo tarsnap -cpf <archive-name> <file-to-backup> ) it doesn't find > > the file /usr/local/etc/tarsnap.conf without being directed to it > > through the --configfile option. > > > > 2. Terminating a running backup through ^Q, seeing it finish cleanly, > > and then repeating the same backup command later, gives me a > > <quote> > > An archive already exists with the > > name "<archive-name>.part" > > tarsnap: Error creating new archive > > </quote> > > Which surprises me, because it's documented as being supposed not to > > do this. > > > > Any hints? > > Thanks -- Tim Bishop http://www.bishnet.net/tim/ PGP Key: 0x6C226B37FDF38D55
