If the whole share is empty, that is considered indistinguishable from a
general failure. You can control that with
$Conf{BackupZeroFilesIsFatal}. Check the docs for more details.
JH
Brendan Simon wrote:
> I'm getting a fatal error when backing up an empty directory.
> BackupPC server is runn
I'm getting a fatal error when backing up an empty directory.
BackupPC server is running Debian Sarge (backuppc 2.1.1-2sarge2)
Server being backed up is running Debian Etch (rsync 2.6.9-2)
Surely it must be legitimate to backup up an empty directory. Is this a
bogus error message or maybe rsync