On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:18:04 -0400 "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote:
> Steve Blackwell wrote at about 13:27:17 -0400 on Wednesday, August > 12, 2009: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:24:04 -0400 > > "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > Steve Blackwell wrote at about 11:18:36 -0400 on Wednesday, > > > August 12, 2009: > > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:06:37 -0400 > > > > "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Steve Blackwell wrote at about 08:49:23 -0400 on Wednesday, > > > > > August 12, 2009: > > > > > > Backuppc has been behaving strangely lately. This is > > > > > > another instance. > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > 05:00:06 Running BackupPC_link steve (pid=8901) > > > > > > 2009-08-12 05:00:08 BackupPC_link got error -3 when > > > > > > calling > > > > > > > MakeFileLink(/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml, > > > > > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3, 1) > > > > > > > > > > > > followed by 100,000+ of the same error on different files > > > > > > > > > > > > What is going on here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Error -3 means that calling the perl function link (between > > > > > a file in the pool and a name in the pc tree) failed. > > > > > > > > > > Try manually doing something like the following from the > > > > > command line: link > > > > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 > /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml > > > > > > > > Where do I need to be to run this? > > > > > > >From the command line anywhere. Just type the command as-is. > > > Actually type it as: > > > su -u backuppc link ... > > > > > > so that it runs as user 'backuppc' > > > If it works, you can undo it by typing: > > > rm > /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml > > > (assuming the file didn't exist previously) > > > > su doesn't have a -u option. > > > > run: sudo -u backuppc > or su backuppc -c "link..." # sudo -u backuppc link b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml link: cannot create link `/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml' to `b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3': No such file or directory Jeffrey, I'm now thinking that two backups have somehow been scheduled at the same. See the Les Miskell thread. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
