Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff to SMB share?

[Cengiz Gunay]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Ben Escoto wrote:

> for more information.  So getting that SpecialFileError is the
> intended behavior.  The only problem is that you also get an
> UpdateError, which is unnecessary, but doesn't seem like a very
> serious flaw.

Ok, that's fine.

> Does the symlink restore correctly?

No, but the other files are restored correctly. Thanks a lot for fixing 
this! FYI, here's the log from the restore, it doesn't mention the 
symlinked file:

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> PYTHONPATH=$RDB_CVS $RDB_CVS/rdiff-backup -v6 -r 3m 
~/emory/cgunay/home_backup/ tmp/
Using mirror root directory /Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at 
/Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at 
/Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for rdiff-backup repository (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Case sensitivity                             Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Making directory tmp
Making directory tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Making directory tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl
Hard linking tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl/hardlinked_file2 to 
tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at 
tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Removing directory tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for restore target (read/write) file system:
  Ownership changing                           Off
  Hard linking                                 On
  fsync() directories                          On
  Directory inc permissions                    On
  High-bit permissions                         On
  Extended filenames                           On
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Case sensitivity                             On
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Starting restore of /Lab/cengiz/emory/cgunay/home_backup to tmp as it 
was as of Sat Jan 14 13:25:20 2006.
Processing changed file .
Processing changed file makedvd
Regular copying ('makedvd',) to tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
Hash cff864ef43e09329553bed5a42e632e8ac4d6fef of makedvd verified
Processing changed file mount_emory
Regular copying ('mount_emory',) to tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.2
Hash 71c7c14c02eb8605336e1d30eed6535fcdb8e3e8 of mount_emory verified
Processing changed file mountwww
Regular copying ('mountwww',) to tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.3
Hash f25a502bbf6f4c2774f91c86db33ce3eaa46b5ec of mountwww verified
Restore finished
Cleaning up
address@hidden:~/tmp> ls -al tmp/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    2 cengiz   users         128 2006-01-06 14:05 .
drwxr-xr-x    9 cengiz   users        4440 2006-01-14 13:28 ..
-rwxr-xr-x    1 cengiz   users         590 2005-12-13 18:25 makedvd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 cengiz   users          80 2006-01-06 14:05 mount_emory
-rwxr-xr-x    1 cengiz   users         148 2004-11-23 15:22 mountwww
---

Here's the listing of the original location:
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> ls -la ~/bin
total 19
drwxr-xr-x    2 cengiz   users         160 2006-01-06 14:05 .
drwxr-xr-x   94 cengiz   users        7320 2006-01-14 13:29 ..
-rwxr-xr-x    1 cengiz   users         590 2005-12-13 18:25 makedvd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 cengiz   users          80 2006-01-06 14:05 mount_emory
-rwxr-xr-x    1 cengiz   users         148 2004-11-23 15:22 mountwww
lrwxrwxrwx    1 cengiz   users          42 2005-10-25 12:56 
subpixelview -> /Lab/cengiz/work/subpixelJava/subpixelview
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Cengiz Gunay
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