Re: [rdiff-backup-users] file error

[Farkas Levente]

Farkas Levente wrote:
> Ben Escoto wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 10:52:24 +0200 Farkas Levente <address@hidden> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I've got this error since a few weeeks with v0.12.3:
> > > Warning: Attempt to rename over same inode: 
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi, maybe I'll look into it if those warnings get really annoying, or
> > if you think something is wrong, but those warnings are harmless I
> > think.  The basic problem is that when you move one hard linked file
> > over another, there is no error message but the original file remains.
> > See for yourself:
> >
> > ~ $ cat /dev/null > foo1
> > ~ $ ln foo1 foo2
> > ~ $ mv foo1 foo2
> > ~ $ ls -l foo*
> > -rw-r--r--    2 ben      ben             0 Sep  1 11:00 foo1
> > -rw-r--r--    2 ben      ben             0 Sep  1 11:00 foo2
> > ~ $
> > So rdiff-backup then manually deletes the first file.  If you are
> > getting these warnings and aren't dealing with hard linked files, then
> > something is wrong.
>
>
> that's the problem! I list all file's inode number which are among the 
> warning and thay all different! may be some file in the increment files 
> ...and that's why this annoy me!

this is the full error log:
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UpdateError mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/1056020752.P21150Q0M69796.atom.int.bppiac.hu:2,ST 
File changed from regular file before signature
UpdateError mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/1056021153.P22907Q0M949558.atom.int.bppiac.hu:2,ST 
File changed from regular file before signature
UpdateError mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/1056021325.P24651Q12M158857.atom.int.bppiac.hu:2,ST 
File changed from regular file before signature
Warning: Attempt to rename over same inode: 
/mnt/backup/atom/mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/rdiff-backup.tmp.1209 to 
/mnt/backup/atom/mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/1056021170.P22907Q1M683877.atom.int.bppiac.hu:2,S
Warning: Attempt to rename over same inode: 
/mnt/backup/atom/mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/rdiff-backup.tmp.1210 to 
/mnt/backup/atom/mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/1056021248.P24651Q0M611880.atom.int.bppiac.hu:2,S
Warning: Attempt to rename over same inode: 
/mnt/backup/atom/mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/rdiff-backup.tmp.1211 to 
/mnt/backup/atom/mnt/bnap/home/auto/Maildir/.Mintalevelek.Aut&APM-s 
m&AOE-rkak&AOk-pviseletek/cur/1056021347.P24651Q16M703253.atom.int.bppiac.hu:2,S
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