Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Fatal Error: Process still running

[Eric Beversluis]

I guess I need to try to rephrase my question. Basically I need to know
what to do about the error message and my next backup. I'd like to know
what the "--force" option does before I try it in this case, since the
error message seems to imply that using "--force" can cause date
corruption. What does "to proceed with regress" mean? Does this mean I
would lose all of my diffs? Or does it somehow clear the "running"
process so I can proceed with the next rdiff-backup?

Thanks.

On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 11:41 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> "Fatal Error: It appears that a previous rdiff-backup session with
> process
> id 2012 is still running.  If two different rdiff-backup processes write
> the same repository simultaneously, data corruption will probably
> result.  To proceed with regress anyway, rerun rdiff-backup with the
> --force option."
> 
> The rdiff-backup seemed to hang the last time it ran it, so I just
> aborted it. ps-ef doesn't show any process 2012 or any other
> rdiff-backup process running now.
> 
> If I use the --force option, will that abort whatever is happening with
> rdiff-backup and start a clean backup?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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