Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Fatal Error: Source directory returned does not exist

[Hunter Matthews]

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 18:58, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote:

>     $ rdiff-backup -v9  --exclude /c \
>          --exclude /mnt/dos \
>          --exclude /mnt/dos_backup \
>          --exclude /mnt/backup \
>          --exclude /tmp \
>          --exclude /var/tmp \
>          --exclude /var/cache/apt/archives/ \
>          --exclude /proc \

You need to add /sys, /dev, and various parts of /var to this exclude
list.


> 4.) The end of /var/log/mirror_backup.err is:
> 
>     [...]
>     Tue Jun  7 12:40:47 2005  UpdateError 
> sys/module/videodev/sections/__ksymtab_strings Updated mirror temp file 
> /mnt/backup/sys/module/videodev/sections/rdiff-backup.tmp.7068 does not match 
> source
>     Tue Jun  7 12:40:47 2005  UpdateError 
> sys/module/videodev/sections/__versions Updated mirror temp file 
> /mnt/backup/sys/module/videodev/sections/rdiff-backup.tmp.7069 does not match 
> source
>     Tue Jun  7 12:40:47 2005  UpdateError sys/power/state Updated mirror temp 
> file /mnt/backup/sys/power/rdiff-backup.tmp.7070 does not match source

>     Tue Jun  7 12:54:54 2005  SpecialFileError 
> var/run/ptal-mlcd/par:hp_color_LaserJet_2550_series Socket error: AF_UNIX 
> path too long
This file won't backup to well with most anything - its a socket.
>     Tue Jun  7 12:54:55 2005  SpecialFileError 
> var/run/uml-utilities/uml_switch.ctl Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long
> 
Same here.

Different sysadmins have different ideas on the subject, but with the
complexity of whats located at the / and /var and some other filesystems
these days, instead of backing up / and trying to exclude the things
that break, I typically try to backup just the things I know are data.

For a debian system I'm not certain what that might be, but you might
have more luck _just_ backing up
/etc, /root, /srv [newer systems], /home and /usr/local.

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