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fix for error when trying to clean up a full filesystem

 
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:55 am    Post subject: fix for error when trying to clean up a full filesystem Reply with quote

So then why is this not done automatically? I mean, if your software can't
take it if it runs out of space, that's a design flaw you need to prepare for.
The user will usually not guess the problem with the software until it's too
late.
Thanks
John


Gavin <gavin < at > kromhouts.net> wrote on Saturday 05 December 2009
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A work around or way to protect against this is to create an appropriate
sized blank file in the backup partition.
I usually create a 1GB blank file:

dd if=/dev/zero of=EmptyFile bs=1M count=1000

Then when the backup fails just delete the blank file and run the backup
again.
The added benefit of doing this is that it gives you a soft limit and
some time to re-organise your drives/partitions.
(Speaking of which it's about time for me to do just that)

Cheers
Gavin

John Soros wrote:
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Here (attached) is a quick fix i applied to rdiff-backup so i didn't have
to start the backup all over, my disk got full and we are (unfortunately)
still not using lvm.
I am not sure as to the cleanliness of the patch, but it seems to be
working fine, hopefully this can be helpful, as i think having a disk
full with rdiff- backup is a PITA...

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