Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError in backup.log

2008-10-27 Thread Bob Mead
Andrew: Thanks for your reply. I've added the exclusions and -v 5 to my command line as follows: rdiff-backup -v 5 --force --print-statistics --include /etc --include /home --include /var --include /root --exclude-sockets --exclude-fifos --exclude-device-files --exclude / / root@::/home/backups/

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError in backup.log

2008-10-14 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Bob Mead wrote: Hi Andrew: Thanks for your reply. I am aware of the incompatibility between versions. I've got 1.0.5 running on both ends (has to be - older Gentoo server is very fragile - no chance of upgrading). Ok, good. The traceback you posted sho

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError in backup.log

2008-10-14 Thread Bob Mead
Hi Andrew: Thanks for your reply. I am aware of the incompatibility between versions. I've got 1.0.5 running on both ends (has to be - older Gentoo server is very fragile - no chance of upgrading). In fact the entire reason for this install is to support a backup from the Gentoo server. I a

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError in backup.log

2008-10-13 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Oct 13, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Bob Mead wrote: Hello all: I'm a noob linux user trying to get rdiff v1.0.5 working (older Gentoo server at origin, new Ubuntu 8.04 install on virtual machine is destination). Hi Bob, Your problem is probably here. Versions 1.0.5 (old stable branch, ~23 mo

[rdiff-backup-users] IOError in backup.log

2008-10-13 Thread Bob Mead
Hello all: I'm a noob linux user trying to get rdiff v1.0.5 working (older Gentoo server at origin, new Ubuntu 8.04 install on virtual machine is destination). I had troubles with the install so this might be related. When I (finally) ran rdiff the first time, I got the following error(s) in