While doing a local backup on Windows 7, source and destination both
NTFS, I was getting getting this error:
Exception ''module' object has no attribute 'symlink'' raised of class
'<type
'exceptions.AttributeE
rror'>':
File "rdiff_backup\robust.pyc", line 32, in check_common_error
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 111, in copy
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 1002, in symlink
Exception ''module' object has no attribute 'symlink'' raised of class
'<type
'exceptions.AttributeE
rror'>':
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 304, in error_check_Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 324, in Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 280, in take_action
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 346, in Backup
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 38, in Mirror
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 232, in patch
File "rdiff_backup\rorpiter.pyc", line 281, in __call__
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 529, in fast_process
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 553, in patch_to_temp
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 577, in patch_snapshot_to_temp
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 617, in write_special
File "rdiff_backup\robust.pyc", line 32, in check_common_error
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 111, in copy
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 1002, in symlink
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 304, in error_check_Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 324, in Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 280, in take_action
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 346, in Backup
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 38, in Mirror
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 232, in patch
File "rdiff_backup\rorpiter.pyc", line 281, in __call__
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 529, in fast_process
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 553, in patch_to_temp
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 577, in patch_snapshot_to_temp
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 617, in write_special
File "rdiff_backup\robust.pyc", line 32, in check_common_error
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 111, in copy
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 1002, in symlink
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'symlink'
which was reported here:
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2009-10/msg00010.html
Adding --exclude-symbolic-links solved the problem. This option should
be redundant on Windows, but apparently isn't.
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