[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: what can I do if all goes wrong?

[Troels Arvin]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 10:10:01 -0800, Ben Escoto wrote:

>> Fatal Error: No metadata for time Sun Oct 26 02:21:43 2003 found,
>> cannot regress
[...]

> I assume the
> metadata file is there, but it has the wrong timezone?

Not really. Or, at least I don't think so. I have attached the output of
"ls -l" of the backup directory.

> Alternately, you could do the usual workaround of deleting/moving the
> older current mirror and the new metadata file.

I don't know that trick. Could you elaborate a bit on that?

-- 
Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark




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