Re: [rdiff-backup-users] How to ignore "No increments older than..."

[Kingsley G. Morse Jr.]

Hi Jeb,

I was thinking along the same lines, but am
concerned that more than one fatal error might
happen, and just grepping for

    "Fatal Error: No increments older than"

could mask the other fatal error(s).

Thanks,
Kingsley

On Mon:03:42, Jeb Campbell wrote:
> Not pretty, but it's late and it works here:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> LOG=/var/log/mirror_backup.err
> rdiff-backup \
>          -v3 \
>          --force \
>          --remove-older-than 4M \
>          tmp/ \  #CHANGE ME!
>          2>> $LOG.$$
>          # that makes a $LOG.number temp file
> 
> # Now check exit status of rdiff-backup
> if [ "$?" -eq "1" ]; then
>          grep "Fatal Error: No increments older than" $LOG.$$ > /dev/null
>          if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
>                  #So file contains Fatal Error: No increments older than
>                  rm $LOG.$$
>          else
>                  # ok it has something else, keep it
>                  cat $LOG.$$ >> $LOG
>                  rm $LOG.$$
>          fi
> else
>          #Keep anyway
>          cat $LOG.$$ >> $LOG
>          rm $LOG.$$
> fi
> 
> 
> 
> Jeb Campbell
> 
> 
> On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 09:57  PM, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Hail elder statesmen of rdiff-backup!
> >
> > I've been using rdiff-backup for a few months and
> > am generally satisfied with it.
> >
> > I like how it makes mirrors and incremental
> > backups.
> >
> > The main reason I'm posting is to ask for advice
> > on how to change my bash script so it will ignore
> > when rdiff-backup returns 1 for
> >
> >     "Fatal Error: No increments older than ...  found"
> >
> > when doing
> >
> >     $ rdiff-backup \
> >         -v3 \
> >         --force \
> >         --remove-older-than 4M \
> >         /mnt/backup \
> >>> /var/log/mirror_backup \
> >         2>> /var/log/mirror_backup.err
> >
> > but still report other fatal errors.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kingsley
> > -- 
> >
> >
> >
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