On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:22:13 -0500
"R. David Murray" <rdmurray < at > bitdance.com> dijo:
On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:23:57 -0800, John Jason Jordan
<johnxj < at > comcast.net> wrote:
#!/bin/bash
sudo rdiff-backup
--include-globbing-filelist /home/jjj/rdiff_excludes.txt / /media/Backups/Full_system_backup_Fedora
2> /home/jjj/rdiff-errors.txt sudo rdiff-backup
2> --list-increment-sizes /media/Backups/Full_system_backup_Fedora
2> > /home/jjj/rdiff-stats.txt
[...]
It is interesting that pybackpack runs fine. My understanding is that
it is just a GUI front end for rdiff-backup, so why does it work and
rdiff-backup does not work from the command line?
Well, that bash script didn't survive the cut and paste either, so
I'm sure exactly what it actually says.
OK, let me try to paste it here again.
#!/bin/bash
sudo rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist /home/jjj/rdiff_excludes.txt / /media/Backups/Full_system_backup_Fedora 2> /home/jjj/rdiff-errors.txt
sudo rdiff-backup --list-increment-sizes /media/Backups/Full_system_backup_Fedora > /home/jjj/rdiff-stats.txt
I turned off autowrapping in my compose window, but in case it wraps it
is three lines. The second line starts with sudo and ends with
rdiff-errrors.txt. The third line starts with sudo and ends with
rdiff-stats.txt.
If pybackpack does use rdiff-backup under the covers and you can back
up files with it, then your rdiff-backup installation would appear to
be correct. (You should double check that you only have one copy of
rdfiff-backup on the system, in case pybackpack is using a different
one from the one you get when you run the command from the command
line.) So one suspects the problem is with the bash script somehow, or
with the repository you are manipulating if it is different from the
one pybackpack is using.
Have you tried running rdiff-backup directly from the command line
doing something simple like just viewing the help output? And
then try the commands from the bash script individually, and/or
other rdiff-backup commands that just read from the repository.
Thanks for the above suggestions. I ran a simple copy of one folder to
the Backups disk mounted at /media/Backups and the command did as
it was supposed to without error. Therefore, I must conclude that
there is something wrong with the script.
This script ran fine on Ubuntu Jaunty which was the last time I ran it.
I bought a new hard disk for my computer (Thinkpad T61) and installed
Fedora 11 x86_64 on it, and put the hard disk with Jaunty on the shelf.
I have a third hard disk for backups that I place in the Ultrabay adapter
which I can swap with the DVD drive. On this disk there is a folder
"Full_system_backup_Jaunty." I created a new folder "Full_system_backup_Fedora"
and then modified the script so it would write to the new folder.
Other than changing the destination folder I made no other changes
to the script. However, I also modified my rdiff_excludes.txt file by adding
"- *.iso" and "- /home/jjj/Azureus Downloads/".
I'll paste the errors again here. Maybe they'll be easier to read without
autowrapping:
[jjj < at > Devil8 ~]$ ./rdiff-backup_script
[sudo] password for jjj:
Exception 'list index out of range' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IndexError'>':
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main
try: Main(arglist)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main
take_action(rps)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 287, in take_action
elif action == 'list-increment-sizes': ListIncrementSizes(rps[0])
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 746, in ListIncrementSizes
print manage.ListIncrementSizes(restore_root, restore_index)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/manage.py", line 202, in ListIncrementSizes
triples = get_summary_triples(mirror_total, time_dict)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/manage.py", line 179, in get_summary_triples
mirror_time = restore.get_inclist(cur_mir_base)[0].getinctime()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main
try: Main(arglist)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main
take_action(rps)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 287, in take_action
elif action == 'list-increment-sizes': ListIncrementSizes(rps[0])
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 746, in ListIncrementSizes
print manage.ListIncrementSizes(restore_root, restore_index)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/manage.py", line 202, in ListIncrementSizes
triples = get_summary_triples(mirror_total, time_dict)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/manage.py", line 179, in get_summary_triples
mirror_time = restore.get_inclist(cur_mir_base)[0].getinctime()
IndexError: list index out of range
I'm still stumped, but at least now it appears the problem is in
the script and not in rdiff-backup.
Thanks for your suggestions.
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