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Re: [BackupPC-users] Tar exited with error 36096

2013-06-27 16:02:40
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Tar exited with error 36096
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:01:01 -0500
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Mike Bosschaert <insomniux AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
>
> For some reason I CAN make incremental backups (which do report errors on
> the long directory names). But the process does not crash.

That probably just means there aren't any new files to write there.

> One detail which may be important. I use an external USB disk (2GB), mounted
> on /home/backuppc. I have linked /var/lib/backuppc -> /home/backuppc. My
> last full backup is of januari 2013, without any errors. The directory
> structure has not changed significantly (the directories producing errors
> now did exist at that time, but were fully accessible, no size-limits
> present). The system design has not changed since then, neither have the
> system been updated.

What file system type is on the USB drive?

> Is there a way to increase the debug reporting level to get more clues?

Can you create the same file manually with the full path - the shell
might give you a better error message.

--
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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