Re: [rdiff-backup-users] problems with local restore

[Andrew Ferguson]

Mike,

There's probably no space left on your TEMP device (/tmp).

See:
http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/FAQ.html#free_space

Andrew

Michael Hannon wrote:
> Greetings.  I'm try to do a local restore of a guy's mail file, but I'm
> getting a Python dump, ending with the string:
> 
>     IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device
> 
> when I try the restore.  This is with:
> 
>     # python -V
>     Python 2.2.3
> 
>     # rdiff-backup -V
>     rdiff-backup 1.0.5
> 
> on a Redhat 3.x system.
> 
> The rdiff-backup commands are appended.  There seems to be plenty of
> space on the device to which I'm attempting to restore:
> 
>     # df -h /var
>     Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>     /dev/sdd1              68G   17G   47G  27% /var
> 
> Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?  Thanks.
> 
>                                       - Mike
> 
> rdiff-backup -r 180D /home/rd-mail/var/spool/mail/juser /var/tmp/juser
> 
> rdiff-backup \
> /home/rd-mail/var/rdiff-backup-data/increments/spool/mail/juser.2007-04-12T03:15:11-07:00.diff.gz\
> ./juser
> 
> 
> 
> 
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