Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: What to do when the ssh connection goes down?

[Blair Zajac]

Troels Arvin wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:44:51 -0800, Blair Zajac wrote:
>
>
> > Are there any ramifications and/or what steps are there to take when an 
> > rdiff-backup fails in the middle of it's run when the network connection goes 
> > down in the middle?
>
> Next time you run rdiff-backup, it will detect that the last backup
> session failed and clean up. Note: Cleanup may take a long time if you
> back up a lot of data.
>
> > Is there any cleanup to perform?
>
> You can initiate the clean-up manually, if you wish. Have a look at the
> "--check-destination-dir" option.

Troels,

Thanks, I did try the backup and saw those messages.

Regards,
Blair