Re: [BackupPC-users] SplitPath error

2007-02-24 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:18:32 -0800 Craig Barratt wrote: > David writes: > > > However, tonight I decided to decrease the max number of backups > > saved and got the following messages: > > > >Error: No save due to errors > >Error: SplitPath must be a valid executable path > > $Conf{Spli

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up large directories times out with signal=ALRM or PIPE

2007-02-24 Thread Ambrose Li
On 24/02/07, Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incidentally, unrelated, but something that's been bugging me for a while: > subsequent full backups hardlink to older ones that have the true copy of the > file, correct? That means there is no meaningful way of deleting an older > backup, as the p

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up large directories times out with signal=ALRM or PIPE

2007-02-24 Thread Les Mikesell
Jason B wrote: >> 3.) Rsync(d) full backups go to more trouble to determine what has changed, >> meaning they're more expensive in terms of CPU time and disk I/O, but >> they'll catch changes incrementals may have missed. That means they're >> vital every now and then, supposing you wa

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up large directories times out with signal=ALRM or PIPE

2007-02-24 Thread John Pettitt
Jason B wrote: > close to > the same way as an incremental, except it's more useful, so to say? > > Incidentally, unrelated, but something that's been bugging me for a while: > subsequent full backups hardlink to older ones that have the true copy of the > file, correct? That means there is no

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up large directories times out with signal=ALRM or PIPE

2007-02-24 Thread Jason B
Hiya, > Jason Hughes explained how to incrementally transfer such a structure using > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}. The important thing is that you need successful Well, I'm glad to say the $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} method worked fine. I had to do it quite a few times (did about 10GB at a time), so

Re: [BackupPC-users] SplitPath error

2007-02-24 Thread Craig Barratt
David writes: > However, tonight I decided to decrease the max number of backups saved > and got the following messages: > >Error: No save due to errors >Error: SplitPath must be a valid executable path $Conf{SplitPath} doesn't point to a valid executable. That's used for archive. Go t