Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Wiki, anybody?

If you need some wiki / vserver with respect to rdiff, don't hesitate to ask! -- D. Kriesel / dkriesel.com Am 13. Mai 2013 13:10:54 schrieb Dominic Raferd : On 12/05/2013 03:05, Edward Ned Harvey (rdiff-backup) wrote: Thanks for that. I sent them an email, and we'll see what happe

[rdiff-backup-users] diffs between files

Hi guys, Is there any way I can compare to versions of the same file and get the content differences? I mean something like "git diff"? Best Ans ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/list

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup file consistency

his was sent by mem...@thehorvaths.co.uk via Backup Central. >|Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. >+-- > > > >___ >rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdi

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup file consistency

here ;) Cheers David -- D. Kriesel / dkriesel.com ___ 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] rdiff-backup file consistency

gt;http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > >___ >rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users >Wiki URL: >http://rd

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup

> thanks for your explanations ... i was a bit confused to see a lot of > "Processing changed file" messages of files which have already been > transferred ... could be that checksumming these files is a performance > bottleneck on the NAS device ... so doing the rdiff-backup locally and > uploadin

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup

; > What exactly needs to be deleted (i.e. the rdiff metadata)? What happens > to the data history (held in the rdiff-backup directory), is it still > all recoverable after you have followed this procedure? > > Dominic > > On 20/05/2012 12:34, D. Kriesel wrote: > > PS

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup

PS.: You might have to --force the backup, not sure, but I know it works ... > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel@nongnu.org [mailto:rdiff- > backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel@nongnu.org] Im Auftrag von D. > Kriesel > Gesend

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup

Rdiff-backup takes any existing data as a base in a target dir that has to be initialized, so just remove the rdiff-metadata from the target, while keeping the data that has already been copied :-) Cheers David > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel...

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Is Rdiff-backup still developed?

project dead now? >>> >> >> > > > >-- >Filip Gruszczyński > >___ >rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users >Wiki URL:

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] 1.2.8 vs 1.3.3

Greg, it seems this mailing list has not seen any message of the currently responsible project leader for a long time. I agree in thinking that 1.3.3 is the best and most stable version so far, It has still bugs though. Cheers David. > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: rdiff-backup-user

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Capitalized letters from windows to linux

On Oct 5, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Tore Ericsson wrote: I created the file àèìòù.txt in a test folder (windows), then I copied it by: rdiff-backup.exe --print-statistics --override-chars-to-quote '' --remote-schema "plink -i private.ppk %%s rdiff-backup --server" "F:/test" root@192.168.1.200

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Lost Connection

>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users >> Wiki URL: >http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > >___ >rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >https://list

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] About backups and increments

Maarten Bezemer robuust.nl> writes: > If it is detected that a file has changed (based on file attributes), a > new file in the destination directory is created using a "temp name", and > it is synced to its new contents, using the old version to speed up the > rsync process. After that, an in

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Activity

Crash plan looks nice just viewed by its features, not sure if the technical quality and stability reaches for example rsync, any experience? -- D. Kriesel / dkriesel.com___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Activity

software works on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Sun. > -- D. Kriesel / dkriesel.com ___ 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] Activity

> Yes I think rdiff-backup is currently unmaintained. > Anyone who wants to take it forward (and has the skills to do so > which unfortunately I have not) might need to make a fork > (which in due course could become rdiff-backup2?) > [...] > There was a discussion a while ago here and there was

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Activity

A note I forgot in my first mail: I recently switched back to a python-controlled rsync backup because of the issues mentioned in my first mail ... ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/l

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined data type

if self.patch_to_temp(mirror_rp, diff_rorp, tf): >>File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line >> 553, in patch_to_temp >> result = self.patch_snapshot_to_temp(diff_rorp, new) >>File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_b

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Version error when trying to backup

Hi, this is a long shot but maybe you just might try version 1.3.3 on both sides, which is essentially 1.2.8 minus some little bugs. Cheers, David -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel@nongnu.org [mailto:rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel@n

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: What happens if you add a --exclude to an existing rdiff-backup?

> It would be good if there was a way of removing a subset of data from > the entire repository. So let's say I put a 500GB folder in /home by > accident and it has gone into the repository and is bloating it. I can > exclude it from my future rdiff-backup runs but the folder will still be > held a

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Re: What happens if you add a --exclude to an existing rdiff-backup?

> Oops, I meant to change that, I haven't added an exclude to the > rdiff-backup command. What I have is an rsync across to the backup > machine and then the rdiff-backup runs there. I though I had a --exclude > in the rdiff-backup run but it's actually in the rsync. I only noticed > this when I

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] Sparse file support

Hi Dominic, this is certainly a cool idea, only I have no Python developer experience und therefore you for sure don't want me as a project member :-). Currently, I just try to help out people on the mailinglist from my experience as a computer scientist and rdiff-backup user. Anyway, there is

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: What happens if you add a --exclude to an existing rdiff-backup?

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 >>> -- >>> Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question >is: >>> How do

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] Sparse file support

ption) but no one from the development >side seems to be updating the code at the moment. (I would love to be >proved wrong.) > >- Dominic > >___ >rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >http:/

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Severe performance degradation

> Probably something above 5. Yeah, please give it a 8 ... maybe then make it a --terminal-verbosity 8 rather than -v8 so that you don't let the backup-log in the target explode ... ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Severe performance degradation

Hi maarten, Some questions to help myself (and the list) helping: 1) Which file systems on source and target did you use before and after the server change? Which other ones did you try? 2) What kind of data do you have? Millions of dirs with millions of small files or millions of files in just

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

waking up the mirror server (over the internet), then runs rsync, then after checking all is well, powers down the mirror. Hmm I just have a small NAS server (qnap 109), no 'mirror backup server' here. What do you mean by 'waking up the mirror server'? ~D Wiki Well our

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/08/2010 11:01 AM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/2010 22:40, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 09:33 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/10 18:54, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 05:09 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/2010 14:42, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 03:26 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: Do you prevent a

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/08/2010 11:01 AM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/2010 22:40, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 09:33 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/10 18:54, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 05:09 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/2010 14:42, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 03:26 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: Do you prevent a

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

a new backup without removing the older ones. ~D ___ 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

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/07/2010 09:33 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/10 18:54, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 05:09 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/2010 14:42, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 03:26 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: Do you prevent a shutdown or reboot when rdiff-backup is running? How? Since rdiff-backup does

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/07/2010 05:09 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 07/12/2010 14:42, ~D wrote: On 12/07/2010 03:26 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: Do you prevent a shutdown or reboot when rdiff-backup is running? How? Since rdiff-backup does not like backup interruptions (and therefore is not usable on slow or

Re: AW: AW: AW: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/07/2010 03:26 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: Do you prevent a shutdown or reboot when rdiff-backup is running? How? Since rdiff-backup does not like backup interruptions (and therefore is not usable on slow or unreliable connections) I rdiff to a local repository on the server (the server

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e entire repository to the remote destination. > > Regards, > > ~D > > ___ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rd

Re: AW: AW: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/06/2010 04:41 PM, ~D wrote: Rename the destination folder at the drive itself or in the script, should also work right? Seems to work. Do you prevent a shutdown or reboot when rdiff-backup is running? How? Regards, ~D ___ rdiff-backup

Re: AW: AW: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

Rename the destination folder at the drive itself or in the script, should also work right? ~D On 12/05/2010 10:58 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: Try to rsync the complete rdiff repository to another place so you have a backup ... then you can safely try :) I am still wondering why there is no

AW: AW: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

Try to rsync the complete rdiff repository to another place so you have a backup ... then you can safely try :) I am still wondering why there is no valuable information shown even in the verbose modes ... > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: ~D [mailto:schoapp...@gmail.com] >

Re: AW: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 08:46 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: The last gz file that is mentioned seems to be /home/backup/backup_laptop/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz ... but there is so much after this, don't know if it is right ... Hmm not sure about the next step to try to

Re: AW: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 08:39 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: If this is the _terminal_ output with --terminal-verbosity 5, its odd ... there should be names of the files that are currently regressed ... It is ... ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff

Re: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 08:37 PM, ~D wrote: On 12/05/2010 08:27 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: On 12/05/2010 07:46 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: --terminal-verbosity 5 It doesn't seems to give memore in the backup.log file then Yeah, this is what I tried to say, the parameter "-v5" would give you infor

Re: AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 08:27 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: On 12/05/2010 07:46 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: --terminal-verbosity 5 It doesn't seems to give memore in the backup.log file then Yeah, this is what I tried to say, the parameter "-v5" would give you information on every

AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 07:46 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: >>--terminal-verbosity 5 >It doesn't seems to give memore in the backup.log file then Yeah, this is what I tried to say, the parameter "-v5" would give you information on every single file in both the backuplog and the termina

Re: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 07:46 PM, D. Kriesel wrote: --terminal-verbosity 5 It doesn't seems to give memore in the backup.log file then Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. Regards, ~D ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

clear, try exchanging 5 to 8 and recall rdiff-backup again. Hope that helps, David. Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel@nongnu.org [mailto:rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel@nongnu.org] Im Auftrag von ~D Gesendet: Sonntag, 5. Dezember 2010 19:01 An: rdiff-backup-users@

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

er of rdiff-backup so his word is law! It's not exactly clear which file I have to remove and how. Regards, ~D ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

On 12/05/2010 06:42 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: rdiff-backup -V 1.2.8-6 ___ 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/

[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails, no gzipped file

n 2.8-6 on both sides. On the server I installed the version of Debian testing on Lenny (Stable), which is on the server. I do run Debian testing on my desktop. See the messages below. Thanks in advance, ~D $ ./laptop_backup Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. Except

AW: AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff backup still chokes if read-only files are found at target

> Following your posting, I have tested the behaviour of our system > backing up read-only folders and files with rdiff-backup, and it works > correctly, even when the read-only files change. We are backing up from > Windows machines but to a Linux server (using TimeDicer as wrapper for > rdiff-bac

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff backup still chokes if read-only files are found at target

server 2003 32bit machine. 2. I am using the windows release that can be downloaded on rdiff-backup.nongnu.org as rdiff-backup-1.3.3-win32.zip. 3. My rdiff call is: rdiff-backup --force --no-acls --no-hard-links --print-statistics --include "D:\\/home" --include "D:\\/profil

[rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff backup still chokes if read-only files are found at target

Hi guys, I have rdiff crashing when read-only files are in the rdiff repository. It gives the following Exceptions: Exception '[Error 5] Zugriff verweigert: 'D:\\/rd/data/home/kwasny/Eigene Dateie n/Eigene Bilder'' raised of class '': File "rdiff_backup\Main.

[rdiff-backup-users] Completely remove files / subfolder trees from RDiff repository

David Kriesel http://www.dkriesel.com Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (University of Bonn) Department of Computer Science I Computational Geometry Römerstr. 164 53117 Bonn Germany Personal: Graurheindorfer Str. 75 D-53111 Bonn Germany Phone: +49 177 423 4223 Current geographical locatio

AW: [rdiff-backup-users] two different times for current mirror found

Hi, looks to me like the data in the file will be fine (it says "Every file verified successfully"); however, you seem to have defined some extended attributes that have not been preserved in the metadata. However, I am not a professional in rdiff repository reading, just take it as a good gue

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Windows Backup Problem

any problem for a while. > > I decided to have also a local copy of my backups, and created another > batch file for local backups. But it is not working. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Error I received is here: > > C:\cygwin\bin>python.exe rdiff-backup --

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Problem with CIFS and Hard Links

> I have a Buffalo TeraStation Pro (small linux based NAS) [1] connected > through a hub to my Fedora Core 6 file server. The TeraStation (TS) > usesSamba to share files and I have the backup directory on the TS > mounted to > /backup of my file server the using the following line in my > /etc/f