Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Segmentation fault; Exception 'Truncated header string', Kernel BUG at <bad filename>:144!

[Joe Baker]

Bjoern wrote:

> Hello,
>
> going nuts here. I'm using rdiff 0.13.4 (librsync 0.9.7) on a i686 
> Linux pc to incrementally backup two servers.
> One server runs just fine, but the other one breaks during rdiffing. I 
> used this command:
>
> root # rdiff-backup --exclude /mnt --exclude /proc [--exclude ...]  / 
> desthost::/backup/server2
>
> However, it fails with a segfault, here's the output:
>
> desthost::/backup/server2
It didn't look like there was any info describing which filename the 
script was unable to handle.  Maybe you could use a system tracing 
utility to see what files are being opened when it bombs.  I've found 
strange symbols to be difficult to deal with such as the degree symbol.

One clue might be to look at your destination directory and see 
alphabetically which is the last folder to be copied over (assuming they 
are copied in alphabetical order).

Good luck!
-Joe Baker