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

[Maarten Bezemer]

Usually the --force option wouldn't be necessary. And, most of the times, 
it's a bad idea.
If you are sure there is no rdiff-backup process running (either locally 
or maybe remote using nfs or other network file systems), you can run 
rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir <backupdir> to clean up the last 
(failed) backup.

rdiff-backup saves the process id of the current run in the current_mirror 
marker file, but that doesn't include a host name and it wouldn't make 
much sense to check if the directory is mounted over the network.

So, just make sure there is no rdiff-backup process running, and have it 
check the destination dir, check its results, and see what a normal backup 
run will do.

HTH,
Maarten


On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, Eric Beversluis wrote:

> 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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