Hello all,
I believe that currently rdiff-backup avoids character quoting if
both source and destination filesystems are case-insensitive (as is
common for local backups on Mac OS X). However it seems that
problems can still arise in this situation - by replacing a directory
with one whose name differs only in case. Here is a script which
crashes rdiff-backup, using version 1.1.5 (I have seen this problem
in much older versions as well) on Mac OS X 10.4.4.
I pasted the script and the output below.
Thanks,
Jim Balhoff
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#!/bin/bash
mkdir BackupTesting
cd BackupTesting
mkdir -p BackMeUp/folder
mkdir Backups
rdiff-backup BackMeUp Backups/BackMeUp
mv BackMeUp/folder BackMeUp/Folder
rdiff-backup BackMeUp Backups/BackMeUp
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Here is the output I get:
Exception 'Path: Backups/BackMeUp/rdiff-backup-data/increments/folder.
2006-02-22T20:51:42-05:00.dir
Index: ('folder.2006-02-22T20:51:42-05:00.dir',)
Data: {'carbonfile': {'flags': 0, 'type': '\x00\x00\x00\x00',
'location': (0, 0), 'creator': '\x00\x00\x00\x00'}, 'uid': 502,
'perms': 493, 'type': 'reg', 'gname': 'jim', 'ctime': 1140659503,
'devloc': 234881026L, 'uname': 'jim', 'nlink': 1, 'gid': 502,
'mtime': 1140659502, 'atime': 1140659503, 'inode': 1517033L, 'size':
0L}' raised of class 'exceptions.AssertionError':
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 295, in error_check_Main
try: Main(arglist)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 315, in Main
take_action(rps)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 271, in take_action
elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 334, in Backup
backup.Mirror_and_increment(rpin, rpout, incdir)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
backup.py", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment
DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
backup.py", line 229, in patch_and_increment
ITR(diff.index, diff)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
rorpiter.py", line 284, in __call__
branch.start_process(*args)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
backup.py", line 691, in start_process
inc_prefix)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
increment.py", line 41, in Increment
elif mirror.isdir(): incrp = makedir(mirror, incpref)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
increment.py", line 94, in makedir
dirsign = get_inc(incpref, "dir")
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
increment.py", line 114, in get_inc
assert not incrp.lstat(), incrp
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jim/Tools/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 295, in error_check_Main
try: Main(arglist)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 315, in Main
take_action(rps)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 271, in take_action
elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
Main.py", line 334, in Backup
backup.Mirror_and_increment(rpin, rpout, incdir)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
backup.py", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment
DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
backup.py", line 229, in patch_and_increment
ITR(diff.index, diff)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
rorpiter.py", line 284, in __call__
branch.start_process(*args)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
backup.py", line 691, in start_process
inc_prefix)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
increment.py", line 41, in Increment
elif mirror.isdir(): incrp = makedir(mirror, incpref)
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
increment.py", line 94, in makedir
dirsign = get_inc(incpref, "dir")
File "/Users/jim/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/
increment.py", line 114, in get_inc
assert not incrp.lstat(), incrp
AssertionError: Path: Backups/BackMeUp/rdiff-backup-data/increments/
folder.2006-02-22T20:51:42-05:00.dir
Index: ('folder.2006-02-22T20:51:42-05:00.dir',)
Data: {'carbonfile': {'flags': 0, 'type': '\x00\x00\x00\x00',
'location': (0, 0), 'creator': '\x00\x00\x00\x00'}, 'uid': 502,
'perms': 493, 'type': 'reg', 'gname': 'jim', 'ctime': 1140659503,
'devloc': 234881026L, 'uname': 'jim', 'nlink': 1, 'gid': 502,
'mtime': 1140659502, 'atime': 1140659503, 'inode': 1517033L, 'size': 0L}
