On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 07:46:54AM +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote: > > I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only > > having a problem with one of the server getting backed up. There's an > > rsync process that's been running flat out for a long time. It seems > > that BackupPC is trying to backup a directory of rapidly-changing files, > > that should be excluded. > > > > Yesterday, I went to the config.pl and excluded all the possible files > > that are rapidly changing like log files. today the backup was ran again > > and the rsync process started running for a long time. > > > > What will be the best way to track down what is causing this process to > > not stop? > > On the client machine being backed up, do a ps axf or similar and find > the pid of the rsync process. Then do a "lsof -p $pid" and it will show > the files that the rsync process has open. Generally the last one is the > filename that is currently being transferred. Sometimes you only get > libraries, but repeat the command over a few minutes and you should it.
To see the open files of a process, I usuallye use ls -l /proc/$pid/fd This doesn't show any libraries... Tino. -- „What we resist, persists.” (Zen saying) www.craniosacralzentrum.de www.forteego.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
