Re: [rdiff-backup-users] UpdateError foo Updated mirror temp file bar does not match source

[Marc Haber]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:30:09PM -0700, Ben Escoto wrote:
> >>>>> Marc Haber <address@hidden>
> >>>>> wrote the following on Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:49:31 +0200
> 
> > Can somebody please explain what this error message means?
> > 
> > UpdateError mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/site Updated mirror temp file 
> > remotehost/mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/rdiff-backup.tmp.8 does not match 
> > source
> > UpdateError mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/host Updated mirror temp file 
> > remotehost/mnt/main8/var/log/syslog/hosts/rdiff-backup.tmp.9 does not match 
> > source
> 
> The error is probably caused by files changing as rdiff-backup
> processes them.  If this happens, rdiff-backup doesn't touch the file
> for the session, leaving it as it was previously.  See
> http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/error_policy.html for more
> information.

Does rdiff-backup give a numeric return code indicating that
UpdateErrors have been encountered?

> 
> You could just ignore these errors, and assume that rdiff-backup will
> eventually find the file not changing under it.

Would it be possible to have rdiff-backup retry automatically a couple
of times?

> Another, possibly more principled, option is to use LVM snapshots or
> something similar (I have no experience with these though).

LVM is not available on the systems in question.

Greetings
Marc

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