Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error no 22: What may be the cause?

[roland]

> I am rather sure that I don't have a file with such a strange name there...

could you check if there is anything under /home/myhomedir/.java/.userPrefs 
? (ls -la  /home/myhomedir/.java/.userPrefs )

it seems that rdiff-backup isn`t able to create a file on the vfat 
filesystem and bails out with that error

if you have something under that path, you may temporarly move that to 
another place and see if rdiff-backup behaves different then.

regards
roland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Juergen Starek" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:59 PM
Subject: [rdiff-backup-users] Error no 22: What may be the cause?


> Hello everyone,
>
> when trying to invoke rdiff-backup in the most simple way (e.g.
> rdiff-backup /home/myhomedir /media/myremoteharddrive), I get an error
> with a less than obvious cause (at least for me):
>
> =====================================================================
>
> Exception '[Errno 22] Invalid argument: 
> '/media/sda1/.java/.userPrefs/_!\'8!cg"n!#4!cw"m!\')!;059;064!z!$g!.g"l!(g!b;064"h!()!;125;064"s!\';064!;125;064!u!&!!;125;064"y!(;064!a;064"0!(;096!cg"&!\';064!a;064"0!\'8!cg;061;061'' 
> raised of class 'exceptions.OSError':
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, 
> in error_check_Main
>    try: Main(arglist)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, 
> in Main
>    take_action(rps)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, 
> in take_action
>    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 337, 
> in Backup
>    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 38, 
> in Mirror
>    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 218, 
> in patch
>    ITR(diff.index, diff)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 
> 284, in __call__
>    branch.start_process(*args)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 601, 
> in start_process
>    if diff_rorp.isdir(): self.prepare_dir(diff_rorp, self.base_rp)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 629, 
> in prepare_dir
>    base_rp.mkdir()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 863, 
> in mkdir
>    self.conn.os.mkdir(self.path)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
>    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, 
> in error_check_Main
>    try: Main(arglist)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, 
> in Main
>    take_action(rps)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, 
> in take_action
>    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 337, 
> in Backup
>    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 38, 
> in Mirror
>    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 218, 
> in patch
>    ITR(diff.index, diff)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 
> 284, in __call__
>    branch.start_process(*args)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 601, 
> in start_process
>    if diff_rorp.isdir(): self.prepare_dir(diff_rorp, self.base_rp)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 629, 
> in prepare_dir
>    base_rp.mkdir()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 863, 
> in mkdir
>    self.conn.os.mkdir(self.path)
> OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 
> '/media/sda1/.java/.userPrefs/_!\'8!cg"n!#4!cw"m!\')!;059;064!z!$g!.g"l!(g!b;064"h!()!;125;064"s!\';064!;125;064!u!&!!;125;064"y!(;064!a;064"0!(;096!cg"&!\';064!a;064"0!\'8!cg;061;061'
>
> =====================================================================
>
> I am rather sure that I don't have a file with such a strange name 
> there...
>
> The source file system is ext3fs, using utf-8 in filenames. The
> destination filesystem is vfat.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any hints
>
>  Jürgen
>
>
>
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