[rdiff-backup-users] Re: rdiff-backup + smbfs = :'(

[Jens Benecke]

Marc Provitt wrote:

> Hi,

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 851,
> in delete
>     except os.error: self.conn.shutil.rmtree(self.path)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/shutil.py", line 142, in rmtree
>     raise exc[0], (exc[1][0], exc[1][1] + ' removing '+arg)
> OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy removing
> mprov/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
> (1035)
> 
> my GUESS is this is why it's b0rking on trying to erase that directory.
> What I don't get is; why, when I do the same thing on an NFS mount, do the
> python2.3 processes not hang onto the directory and when I use SMBFS it
> fails this way?

Hi,

I don't know but I have *exactly* the same problem using SHFS (SSH file
system) backing up to a remote location. Perhaps this needs to be worked
around somehow in rdiff-backup ...

I guess UNIX file systems (NFS included) allow you to delete an object that
is still opened, while SMBFS/SHFS/... don't. 


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