Hendrik Friedel wrote:
> Hi Les,
> 
> Thanks for your reply
> 
>>> Bingo. That's it. I would have hoped for a more specific 
>>> error-Message, though.
>>> Maybe it would be advisable to make Backuppc check, if the disc is 
>>> full in case of a "child exited prematurely" error and let BackupPc 
>>> display a message "child exited prematurely, Your disc is 
>> full" message?!
>>
>> I think this situation is usually avoided because backuppc 
>> defaults to not starting a backup if the disk is already 95% 
>> full.  You must have some files that are relatively large 
>> compared to the backuppc archive file system - or you were 
>> too full for a scheduled run but forced it manually.
> 
> Well, I manually started the backup. I was not notified that the HDD is over
> 95% full. 
> Moreover: If the Backup Fails because the HDD is full, this is exactly what
> should be in the Error-Message, don't you agree?

Well yes, but it doesn't hurt to read the status page once in a while.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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