[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] restoring files
From: |
Alec Berryman |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] restoring files |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:40:09 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i |
begin quotation of Mal Beaton on 2004-10-11 13:53:36 +1000:
> backup works ok
>
> backups$ rdiff-backup --list-changed-since 5D home/mjb
> works fine
>
> restore from backups on backups
>
> backups$ rdiff-backup -r 1D rdiffdir/home/mjb/update-aide
> rdiffdir/home/mjb/newaide
>
> works fine and the file newaide is the version from one day ago
> however
> on server1
>
> server1$ rdiff-backup -r 1D backups::/rdiffdir/home/mjb/update-aide
> /home/mjb/newaide fails
Do you usually do backups over ssh? Was the successful restore from a
local copy of the archive, an NFS mount, or something else?
> rdiff-backup --test-server backups::/rdiffdir Testing
> server started by: ssh -C backups rdiff-backup --server
> Server OK
>
> error from the restore
<snip>
> "/home/tretkowski/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-0.13.4/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
>
> line 230, in _get
> rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string
> (problem probably originated remotely)
Are you using the same version locally and remotely?
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature