Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type
BTW, I see open source utility Ext2Read http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/ allows a Windows machine to read and copy from Ext2/3/4 (including using LVM2) filesystems. Dominic On 10/05/11 20:45, D. Kriesel wrote: My impression is that a high proportion of problems with rdiff-backup relate to backups to NTFS volumes (backup *from* NTFS generally works fine). Second that. If there is no unix file system available, fat32 is also an option. David On 10/05/11 16:21, Bruno Basilio wrote: Hi, I'm new at using rdiff-backup but already fascinated with the simple principle. Hope it will not stop to be maintained. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, installed the rdiff-backup 1.2.8 and tried to backup 80GB of pictures and movies using to USB external drives with NTFS, at around 30GB, it stopped with following error: <<< $ rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics --no-hard-links /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos/ /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Found interrupted initial backup. ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type
>My >impression is that a high proportion of problems with rdiff-backup >relate to backups to NTFS volumes (backup *from* NTFS generally works >fine). Second that. If there is no unix file system available, fat32 is also an option. David >Dominic > >On 10/05/11 16:21, Bruno Basilio wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm new at using rdiff-backup but already fascinated with the simple >principle. >> Hope it will not stop to be maintained. >> >> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, installed the rdiff-backup 1.2.8 and tried >> to backup 80GB of pictures and movies using to USB external drives >> with NTFS, at around 30GB, it stopped with following error: >> >> <<< >> $ rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics --no-hard-links >> /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos/ /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/ >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Found interrupted initial backup. >Removing... >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: >> /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: >> /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009 >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_08_08 >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_08_08/2009_08_08 >> - Bruno >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Removing directory >> /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/backup.log >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/chars_to_quote >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/file_statistics.2011-05-09T22:20:28+01:00.data.gz >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2011-05-09T22:20:28+01:00.snapshot.gz >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 POSIX ACLs not supported by filesystem at >> /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Unable to import win32security module. >Windows ACLs >> not supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 escape_dos_devices not required by >> filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 >> - >> Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: >>Access control lists Off >>Extended attributes On >>Windows access control lists Off >>Case sensitivity On >>Escape DOS devices Off >>Escape trailing spaces Off >>Mac OS X style resource forksOff >>Mac OS X Finder information Off >> - >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ >> a.snapshot.gz >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ >> a.snapshot.gz >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 >> Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Hard linking >> >/media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/h
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type
Bruno: Do you need to use NTFS for the external drive? I suggest you try again using a Linux format such as ext3 and see if you have more success. My impression is that a high proportion of problems with rdiff-backup relate to backups to NTFS volumes (backup *from* NTFS generally works fine). Dominic On 10/05/11 16:21, Bruno Basilio wrote: Hi, I'm new at using rdiff-backup but already fascinated with the simple principle. Hope it will not stop to be maintained. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, installed the rdiff-backup 1.2.8 and tried to backup 80GB of pictures and movies using to USB external drives with NTFS, at around 30GB, it stopped with following error: <<< $ rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics --no-hard-links /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos/ /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Found interrupted initial backup. Removing... Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_08_08 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_08_08/2009_08_08 - Bruno Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Removing directory /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/backup.log Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/chars_to_quote Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/file_statistics.2011-05-09T22:20:28+01:00.data.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2011-05-09T22:20:28+01:00.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 POSIX ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 - Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: Access control lists Off Extended attributes On Windows access control lists Off Case sensitivity On Escape DOS devices Off Escape trailing spaces Off Mac OS X style resource forksOff Mac OS X Finder information Off - Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Hard linking /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl/hardlinked_file2 to /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 POSIX ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rd
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type
Hi Bruno, Since I am using FAT32 to backup from Ubuntu EXT3 (EXT4) with some success I will comment without much hard knowledge hoping that some more people will have more to say. I suppose you want to use NTFS for backup in order to at the same time produce MSWin compatible files. If not, just reformat your USB into EXT3 or 4. (and my further comments are superfluos) Since there seems to be less experience using rdiff-backup on MSWin and since FAT32 is a less complex and hopefully more secure filesystem than NTFS for Linux use I chose to backup to a FAT32 disk in order to simultaneously get MSWin-compatible files. I do employ some precautions regarding file naming and some special care at rdiff-backup use. I have earlier posted questions touching these problems that may be similar to yours (on FAT32, though) but may be avoided, so far, by using rdiff-backup --no-hard-links \ --override-chars-to-quote '"*/:<>?\\|;' \ $source $fat32usb but I do not understand fully how it functions - se further my earlier post at http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2011-04/msg00013.html that yet nobody did respond to! Hope somebody knows more on this topic! Tore - Från Bruno Basilio 2011-05-10 17.21.16 [[rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type]: > Hi, > > I'm new at using rdiff-backup but already fascinated with the simple > principle. Hope it will not stop to be maintained. > > I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, installed the rdiff-backup 1.2.8 and tried > to backup 80GB of pictures and movies using to USB external drives > with NTFS, at around 30GB, it stopped with following error: > > <<< > $ rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics --no-hard-links > /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos/ /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/ > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Found interrupted initial backup. Removing... > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009 > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_0 > 8_08 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_ > 08_08/2009_08_08 - Bruno > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Removing directory > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/backup.log > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/chars_to_quote > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/file_statistics.2011-0 > 5-09T22:20:28+01:00.data.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2011-0 > 5-09T22:20:28+01:00.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 POSIX ACLs not > supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Unable to import win32security module. Windows > ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 escape_dos_devices not required by > filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 > - > Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: > Access control lists Off > Extended attributes On > Windows access control lists Off > Case sensitivity On > Escape DOS devices Off > Escape trailing spaces Off > Mac OS X style resource forksOff > Mac OS X Finder information Off > - > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ > a.snapshot.gz > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ > a.snapshot.gz > Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uni > ᄉ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting > /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uni > ᄉ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching > /media/Elements/r
[rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type
Hi, I'm new at using rdiff-backup but already fascinated with the simple principle. Hope it will not stop to be maintained. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, installed the rdiff-backup 1.2.8 and tried to backup 80GB of pictures and movies using to USB external drives with NTFS, at around 30GB, it stopped with following error: <<< $ rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics --no-hard-links /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos/ /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Found interrupted initial backup. Removing... Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_08_08 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Determining if directory contains files: /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments/2009/2009_08_08/2009_08_08 - Bruno Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Removing directory /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/increments Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/backup.log Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/chars_to_quote Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/file_statistics.2011-05-09T22:20:28+01:00.data.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2011-05-09T22:20:28+01:00.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 POSIX ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /media/BBasilioHomeBackup/fotos Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 - Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: Access control lists Off Extended attributes On Windows access control lists Off Case sensitivity On Escape DOS devices Off Escape trailing spaces Off Mac OS X style resource forksOff Mac OS X Finder information Off - Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Deleting /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Making directory /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Hard linking /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl/hardlinked_file2 to /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 POSIX ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 Mon May 9 22:23:34 2011 Touching /media/Elements/rdiff-backup/fotos/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/dir_inc_check Mon May 9 22:23:34 20
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backup Fails
Thanks for the suggestion. But I don't think this is to do with permissions. Anyway as I have enabled "simple file sharing" I do not have a security tab. But since it is simple sharing (which I guess is equivalent giving full access for Everyone) my guess is that there shouldn't be an issue with permissions. Anyway as Nicolas said I think there is some problem with the file system. As I said in previous mail I could not find any errors in the file system when I used scandisk but when I tried to delete some folders I could not do it (even via windows explorer). This is because of long file names / directory paths. So when rdiff-backup does the backup it deletes some files/folders so that it mirrors to the source and sends the changes to the rdiff folder. Probably this is where it fails. So it is not exactly due to the files that the exception log shows. I guess when you said 2006 you meant 2009, right? because last stable version 1.2.8 was released in 2009/03/16. Anyway as I said, in the changelog it is mentioned that in v1.2.6 there is an issue under Windows for long file names / directory paths. This has apparently not been still rectified. Anyway because of all this I tried QtdSync which is based on rsync. This seems to be working for me (it does not delete but uses hard links for differential backups). Of course I agree rdiff-backup is a great application, it is just that it doesn't suit my environment. So thank you very much for all the help and big thank you for the developers. Bye for now, Suneth. ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
