On 04/06/14 09:42, tarsnap 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.
That's odd. What OS are you running and how did you install Tarsnap? It may be that tarsnap is looking in a different directory. > 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. This looks correct to me. The first archive was truncated thanks to you hitting ^Q, so it had .part added to its name. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
