Re: tar dumping to /dev/null
2003-09-18 10:04:54
Paul Bijnens said:
> Marc Cuypers wrote:
>
>> There is no sendbackup.*.debug.
>
> I don't remember anymore where 2.4.2 put it's debug files,
> and for how long. I do remember JRJ changed something about
> handling those debug files in 2.4.2p2. Maybe they are named
> different, or not kept long enough.
> Of course sendbackup.*debug is only generated when the backup
> really runs; while doing the estimate it generates sendsize.*debug
> files; and both commands can be found in runtar.*.debug files.
I'm using Debian woody too, and here are the /tmp/amanda files I
have from today:
amandad.20030918003003.debug runtar.20030918003014.debug
amandad.20030918021518.debug runtar.20030918022143.debug
amandad.20030918021919.debug sendbackup.20030918021518.debug
amandad.20030918022142.debug sendbackup.20030918021919.debug
amandad.20030918022517.debug sendbackup.20030918022142.debug
amandad.20030918024550.debug sendbackup.20030918022517.debug
amtrmidx.20030918063934.debug sendbackup.20030918024550.debug
amtrmlog.20030918063933.debug sendsize.20030918003003.debug
runtar.20030918003003.debug
> Slowly I do remember JRJ changed the handling of debugfiles, so
> that they are not overwritten be previous runs. If you have many
> disks, only the last one would be found. Upgrading is best anyway.
Not sure I concur with the "upgrading is best" part. The Debian
Woody packages (2.4.2p2) have been working fine for me for quite
some time. So I'd suggest it's a simple config error.
--
Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator
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