[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Re: Re: Will these errors clear on the next pass?

[Chris G]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:12:18PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Chris G wrote:
>
>>>>>>> /etc/cron.daily/backup: UpdateError 
>>>>>>> nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/info Updated mirror temp file  
>>>>>>> /bak/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/rdiff-backup.tmp.52 
>>>>>>> does not match source UpdateError 
>>>>>>> nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt7/info
>>>
>>>> ... and it doesn't go away by itself, I have *exactly* the same errors
>>>> today.
>>
>> On looking harder at it I realised *why* it won't go away.  The "does
>> not match" errors are coming from /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs
>> directories and I'm backing up to, guess what, a remote NFS mounted
>> drive so the files in question really *are* changing during the backup.
>>
>> I want to back up /var/lib so this is a problem.
>>
>> All I need is a way to make the error messages go away so a successful
>> backup is silent.
>
> Try --exclude-other-filesystems or --exclude /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
>
> There's no reason to back up an rpc_pipefs because you wouldn't want to  
> restore it. Same for /proc, /sys, etc.
>
Yes, that should do it, it isn't initially obvious that those 'files'
aren't real files but special NFS filesystem ones.  I've added
--exclude-other-filesystems to the backup so we'll see tomorrow if it
worked.  Thank you!

-- 
Chris Green