Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Warning, metadata file has entry for ...

[dean gaudet]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Chris Wilson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> > On the machine where the disk filled up, I'm now getting the following
> > errors every time I run a particular backup:
> > 
> > Warning: Local version 1.0.1 does not match remote version 1.0.3.
> > Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now.
> > Warning, metadata file has entry for tmp/.keep,
> > but there are no associated files.
> > Warning, metadata file has entry for tmp/10618/files/1,
> > but there are no associated files.

the metadata file is plain text -- you can gunzip it, edit it to remove 
those tmp/.keep and etc. entries... and then gzip it later.  (it's a large 
text file though... your editor might choke.)

then try a rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir ... maybe this will get 
you past the problems.

-dean