I'm glad that it's working now.
For OSX, the default rsync is really old. On High Sierra 10.13.4, it's
rsync 2.6.9, circa 2006. I strongly recommend installing a recent version
in, eg, /usr/local/bin.
Craig
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 6:27 PM, An Ancient BackupPC User <
backu...@thefabfarrows.com> wrote:
>
> Ok so I can report my windows10 machines are completing full backups now
> without any other changes - THANK YOU :)
>
> My mac needs more work based on the way I have the daemon set up. I will
> report back some time tomorrow, once I have had chance to work on it.
>
> Thanks again, I really appreciate your help and backup pc is the best,
> have used it for ever.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On May 15, 2018 at 4:45:46 PM, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users (
> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net) wrote:
>
> On your client the rsyncd.conf file should have a setting such as "charset
> = utf-8". You'll need to make sure rsyncd reloads the rsyncd.conf file
> before retesting.
>
> If it still fails, the next thing to try is to remove --protect-args
> from $Conf{RsyncArgs}.
>
> Craig
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Paul Farrow <p...@thefabfarrows.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok I updated as you said and now I get this when trying to do a full
>> backup on my mac.
>>
>> This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc
>> bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = >> 0
>> rsync: on remote machine: -slHogDtprc: unknown option
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 15, 2018 at 3:28:04 PM, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users (
>> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net) wrote:
>>
>> Ok, you are using rsyncd, so $Conf{RsyncSshArgs} doesn't matter.
>>
>> It seems that when you upgraded to 4.0 the config file was not updated
>> (or perhaps these are per-host settings, which don't get updated during an
>> upgrade). The correct settings should be:
>>
>> $Conf{RsyncFullArgsExtra} = [
>> '--checksum',
>> ];
>>
>> #
>> # Arguments to rsync for backup. Do not edit the first set unless you
>> # have a good understanding of rsync options.
>> #
>> $Conf{RsyncArgs} = [
>> '--super',
>> '--recursive',
>> '--protect-args',
>> '--numeric-ids',
>> '--perms',
>> '--owner',
>> '--group',
>> '-D',
>> '--times',
>> '--links',
>> '--hard-links',
>> '--delete',
>> '--delete-excluded',
>> '--partial',
>> '--log-format=log: %o %i %B %8U,%8G %9l %f%L',
>> '--stats',
>> ];
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 10:26 AM, An Ancient BackupPC User <
>> backu...@thefabfarrows.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Craig for such a quick response.
>>>
>>> I upgraded some time ago but have been pretty lazy in posting to the
>>> mailing list about it.
>>>
>>> XferLOG file /somefolder/XferLOG.840.z created 2018-05-15 11:51:27
>>>
>>> Backup prep: type = full, case = 4, inPlace = 0, doDuplicate = 0,
>>> newBkupNum = 840, newBkupIdx = 45, lastBkupNum = 839, lastBkupIdx = 44
>>> (FillCycle = , noFillCnt = 20)
>>> Running: /usr/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /somefolder --bpc-host-name
>>> somehost --bpc-share-name auser --bpc-bkup-num 840 --bpc-bkup-comp 3
>>> --bpc-bkup-prevnum 839 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp 3 --bpc-bkup-inode0 693052
>>> --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 2 --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D
>>> --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --timeout=72000
>>> --password-file=/passwordfile --exclude=Virtual\ Machines/
>>> --exclude=.Trash/ --exclude=Downloads/ --exclude=updater/
>>> --exclude=Library/ --exclude=Movies/BBC\ iPlayer\ Downloads/
>>> --exclude=Microsoft\ User\ Data/ --exclude=AdobeStockPhotos/
>>> --exclude=Data.noindex/ --exclude=.nuget/ --exclude=.dnx/
>>> --exclude=.Android/ auser@somehost@::auser /
>>> full backup started for directory some directory
>>> Xfer PIDs are now 17304
>>>
>>>
>>> RsyncSshArgs - non existent in config.pl and clients config.
>>> RsyncClientPath - $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = 'rsync';
>>> RsyncBackupPCPath - $Conf{RsyncBackupPCPath} = '/usr/bin/rsync_bpc';
>>> RsyncFullArgsExtra - non existent
>>> RsyncArgsExtra = $Conf{RsyncArgsExtra} = [];
>>> RsyncArgs - $Conf{RsyncArgs} = [
>>>
>>> '--numeric-ids',
>>>
>>> '--perms',
>>>
>>> '--owner',
>>>
>>> '--group',
>>>
>>> '-D',
>>>
>>> '--links',
>>>
>>> '--hard-links',
>>>
>>> '--times',
>>>
>>> '--block-size=2048',
>>>
>>> '--recursive'
>>>
>>> ];
>>>
>>>
>>> Appreciate your help - thanks
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On May 15, 2018 at 1:04:19 PM, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users (
>>> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net) wrote:
>>>
>>> Please send the first part of the log file with the full rsync command
>>> (feel free to redact confidential arguments, but maintain any special
>>> characters etc).
>>>
>>> Also send this client's settings for $Conf{RsyncSshArgs}, $Conf{Rsy
>>> ncClientPath}, $Conf{RsyncBackupPCPath}, $Conf{RsyncFullArgsExtra}
>>> and $Conf{RsyncArgs}.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:26 AM, An Ancient BackupPC User <
>>> backu...@thefabfarrows.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since I upgraded to 4.0 I can no longer do full backups only
>>>> incremental. I was wondering if any one else has had this issue.
>>>>
>>>> The error I have in the logs is
>>>>
>>>> This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc
>>>> bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles
>>>> = 0
>>>> Unexpected remote arg: changed@changedtoprotecttheinnocent::changed
>>>> Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal,
>>>> 0 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 693052 inode
>>>> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1219)
>>>> [sender=3.0.9.12]
>>>> rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage
>>>> error (code 1) at main.c(1219) [sender=3.0.9.12])
>>>> Xfer PIDs are now
>>>> Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share changed)
>>>> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share changed)
>>>> BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = full, BackupCase = 4, inPlace =
>>>> 0, lastBkupNum = 839
>>>> Removing empty backup #839
>>>>
>>>> Incrementals appear to work fine.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
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