Tomasz Chmielewski writes: > Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > > Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > >> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > >> > >> (...) > >> > >>> Unfortunately, it breaks in the same way: > >>> > >>> 2006-03-28 13:24:20 full backup started for share S$ > >>> 2006-03-28 13:33:09 Got fatal error during xfer (Didn't get entire > >>> file. size=460206, nread=131040) > >>> 2006-03-28 13:33:14 Backup aborted (Didn't get entire file. > >>> size=460206, nread=131040) > >>> 2006-03-28 13:33:14 Saved partial dump 0 > >> > >> It seems to be related to this thread: > >> > >> http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2006-March/001230.html > >> http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2006-March/001232.html > >> http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2006-March/001233.html > >> > >> In short: it's possible to create longer filenames on the Windows > >> machine than on a Linux machine. > >> > >> And this is when BackupPC (or smbclient?) seems to break. > > > > More info: > > > > smbclient \\\\192.168.10.4\\C\$ -U user%pass -E -N -d 1 -c tarmode\ full > > -Tc - > > > > creates the tar file just fine. > > > > When uncompressing the archive (tar -xf), tar complains about file names > > being too long, but doesn't break. > > > > So the problem lies somewhere in BackupPC? > > If someone wants to reproduce, I can send him a package with problematic > filenames, which cause the backup job to abort. > > It is enough if the file is in C:\1\... on a Windows drive, the backup > job will fail right away when it approaches it.
Please send me the tar file (off list) that gives the problems. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/