Re: [rdiff-backup-users] fix for error when trying to clean up a full filesystem

[Gavin]

A work around or way to protect against this is to create an appropriate sized blank file in the backup partition.
I usually create a 1GB blank file:

dd if=/dev/zero of=EmptyFile bs=1M count=1000

Then when the backup fails just delete the blank file and run the backup again.
The added benefit of doing this is that it gives you a soft limit and some time to re-organise your drives/partitions.
(Speaking of which it's about time for me to do just that)

Cheers
Gavin

John Soros wrote:

Here (attached) is a quick fix i applied to rdiff-backup so i didn't have to 
start the backup all over, my disk got full and we are (unfortunately) still 
not using lvm.
I am not sure as to the cleanliness of the patch, but it seems to be working 
fine, hopefully this can be helpful, as i think having a disk full with rdiff-
backup is a PITA...
  

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