Thanks a lot, for your tip. Are you aware of any similar method that would allow scheduling and resume?
Erwin Andreas Olsson-4 wrote: > > On Sunday 13 January 2008 15:13:30 Lexje wrote: >> I'm trying to backup a complete server over the internet. >> Is it possible to pause, stop / restart rdiff-backup? (To free up / >> respect >> bandwith limitations) >> >> What happens if I just ctrl-c the process, and then restart the process? >> Will it resume? > > No, I'm afraid that approach won't work. If you abort rdiff-backup halfway > you'll simply end up with a broken repository on the destination. > > If this happens on the first backup you'll simply have to remove/empty > your > destination directory and begin from scratch. If you abort a backup to an > existing repository your next run will start by calling an > automatic --check-destination-dir, which will return your repository to > the > state it was in before your interrupted transfer. In none of the cases the > interrupted transfer will have done you any good. > > What you can try, if you have enough free space, is to run rdiff-backup > against a local destination and then rsync the repository to its remote > location. Rsync you can always trust to resume properly :-) > > Feel free to take a look at this page in the wiki. It also provides a > script > which wraps rdiff-backup and rsync into one. > > http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupUpOnUnreliableLink > > -- > Andreas Olsson > http://www.andreasolsson.se/ > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/can-rdiff-backup-be-stopped---paused---restarted----HOWTO--tp14785366p14792366.html Sent from the rdiff-backup-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki