Re: [BackupPC-users] TextFileWrite: Failed to verify /etc/BackupPC/config.pl.new
2009-11-11 19:32:55
Hi Craig,
> Michael writes:
>
> > TextFileWrite: Failed to verify /etc/BackupPC/config.pl.new
> >
> > in the browser under the main "Hosts Xfer etc" area.
> >
> > I check the filesystem and see the file re-created:
> >
> > # ll conf*
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 78506 Nov 10 12:24 config.pl
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 0 Nov 11 17:04 config.pl.new
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 76236 Apr 29 2009 config.pl.old
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 75640 Jul 4 2008 config.pl.pre-3.1.0
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 76236 Jul 19 06:03 config.pl.pre-3.2.0beta0
> >
> > It seems to me the software tries to verify the config.pl file but can't
> > write
> > the file for some reason? (even though the file can be written to the
> > disk?).
> >
> > It's a strange problem which I think one of the developers who has an
> > understanding of the process the "Save" takes would be able to help with.
>
> The writing steps for any text data file in BackupPC (eg: config.pl,
> backups, restores etc) is:
>
> - open config.new for writing
>
> - write the new file contents
>
> - close the file
>
> - open config.new for reading
>
> - read the contents
>
> - close the file
>
> - if the contents match, then rename config.pl to config.pl.old
> and rename config.pl.new to config.pl.
>
> - otherwise, print the error that you see and leave the
> config.pl.new file as is.
>
> Could the file system be full?
Yes the filesystem was full. I cleared some space, tried again and it worked
fine.
Thank you.
Michael.
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