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Jake Solid wrote:
> I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only
> having a problem with one of the server getting backed up. There's an
> rsync process that's been running flat out for a long time.  It seems
> that BackupPC is trying to backup a directory of rapidly-changing files,
> that should be excluded.
> 
> Yesterday, I went to the config.pl and excluded all the possible files
> that are rapidly changing like log files. today the backup was ran again
> and the rsync process started running for a long time.
> 
> What will be the best way to track down  what is causing this process to
> not stop?

On the client machine being backed up, do a ps axf or similar and find
the pid of the rsync process. Then do a "lsof -p $pid" and it will show
the files that the rsync process has open. Generally the last one is the
filename that is currently being transferred. Sometimes you only get
libraries, but repeat the command over a few minutes and you should it.

Regards,
Adam

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