Hi, I set up backuppc in my small home network. It works fine now backing up my work linux PC over ssh/rsync. However, trying to backup /etc on localhost over tar, I get an error after most of /etc (
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Author: Holger Parplies <wbppc AT parplies DOT de>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:59:36 +0100
Hi, Jost Schenck wrote on 2014-03-11 19:39:21 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Got fatal error during xfer after 20 MiB (tar on localhost)]: right, but you prepend instead. Earlier on, Jost Schenck had wr
Author: Jurie Botha <jurieb AT taprojects.co DOT za>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:36:55 +0200
Hi Josh, Why not just export your local folders that need to be backed up via rsync daemon? Much easier in the long run. Also I presume you are backing up /etc to back up the system config, bad idea
Author: "Jost Schenck" <jost.schenck AT gmx DOT de>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:37:00 +0100
Hi, thanks for your tips, I will definitely think about this. My problem has been solved by Holger's tip, I accidentally answered by private mail only. I guess you're right that backing up the backup
Author: Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:27:47 -0400
"Jost Schenck" <jost.schenck AT gmx DOT de> wrote on 03/14/2014 07:37:00 AM: You can *never* back up something with itself. The last part (pointing to the backup disk) won't work: BackupPC mangles fi