Re: cross-platform backup tool rdiff-backup on android phone

[Jonas Schöpf]

Hi Leland!

No worries about responses :)

I mount my Android device on my laptop and then start the backup of the 
mounted folder.
So such a loop cannot be a problem and at the moment I have no clue what 
could cause this.

If I find the time then I will re-try and test it on the weekend again.

Cheers,
Jonas

On 1/26/22 20:44, Leland Best wrote:
> Hi Jonas,
>
> Apologies for the slow response.  Some neurological issues plus Real Life make
> it hard to keep up with e-mail. :(  Anyway, ...
>
> On Sun, 2022-01-23 at 19:44 +0100, Jonas Schöpf wrote:
> > Hi Leland!
> >
> > Thank you for this suggestion.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> > Mounting with sshfs works just fine.
> > I have tried a backup with it, but rdiff-backup is looping when using sshfs.
> > Does anybody have an idea why?
> > So I mean after everything is copied from my phone it starts again
> > copying from the beginning.
> [...]
>
> Hmmm.  Strange.  Although, as I said, I've never done this myself.  You aren't
> by any chance mounting _both_ ways with 'sshfs' are you?  That is, mounting the
> phone on the backup server, _and_ mounting the backup server on the phone?
> Seems like that would create a recursive loop ... ?
>
> Otherwise, when time permits, I can try some tests between two Linux machines
> (sadly, my phone isn't set up for 'ssh' and friends).
>
> Cheers
> Leland

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