Re: [rdiff-backup-users] UpdateError foo Updated mirror temp file bar does not match source

[Marc Haber]

Hi, may I ask again?

On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 08:44:54AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:30:09PM -0700, Ben Escoto wrote:
> > >>>>> Marc Haber <address@hidden>
> > >>>>> wrote the following on Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:49:31 +0200
> > 
> > > Can somebody please explain what this error message means?
> > > 
> > > UpdateError mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/site Updated mirror temp file 
> > > remotehost/mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/rdiff-backup.tmp.8 does not 
> > > match source
> > > UpdateError mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/host Updated mirror temp file 
> > > remotehost/mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/rdiff-backup.tmp.9 does not 
> > > match source
> > 
> > The error is probably caused by files changing as rdiff-backup
> > processes them.  If this happens, rdiff-backup doesn't touch the file
> > for the session, leaving it as it was previously.  See
> > http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/error_policy.html for more
> > information.
> 
> Does rdiff-backup give a numeric return code indicating that
> UpdateErrors have been encountered?

Additionally, can I judge from the return code what kind of error has
been seen?

> 
> > 
> > You could just ignore these errors, and assume that rdiff-backup will
> > eventually find the file not changing under it.
> 
> Would it be possible to have rdiff-backup retry automatically a couple
> of times?
> 
> > Another, possibly more principled, option is to use LVM snapshots or
> > something similar (I have no experience with these though).
> 
> LVM is not available on the systems in question.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc

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