Daniel Denson wrote:
> Martin Leben wrote:
>> 
>> Setting BackupZeroFilesIsFatal to 0 might be dangerous. It is configurable 
>> for a 
>> reason. Think about what happens in the following scenario:
>>
>> - BackupZeroFilesIsFatal is set to 0.
>> - On "/srv" you have mounted a disk or something.
>> - Suddenly the mount disappears due to you "fat fingering" the configuration 
>> (remember that human errors are the most common errors) or faulty hardware 
>> or 
>> something else.
>>
>> Now when BackupPC comes along and wants to backup "/srv" it does that 
>> without 
>> complaining, even though it contains no files. Depending on the schedule and 
>> retention settings you might have lost your backup completely. Especially if 
>> this continues for some days/weeks and you don't notice it.
>>
>> So the recommendation is to leave BackupZeroFilesIsFatal at 1. Don't add 
>> "/srv" 
>> to the backup until there is data on it. If the client machine has other 
>> directories you are backing up and if "/srv" is a dynamic mount that 
>> sometimes 
>> isn't used, I would recommend that you create a separate host alias in which 
>> you 
>> backup only "/srv".
> 
> better to put a small token file in /srv so that it does not apear empty.
> 
> echo "backuppc token file, please do not delete" > /srv/.backuppc_token

Hi Daniel,

The only thing THAT would accomplish is that one doesn't even have to set 
BackupZeroFilesIsFatal to 0 in order to lose all files in the backup. Which was 
precisely what I warned about.

<Tongue-in-cheek>
A know of a guy that use to say: "I would recommend all my competitors do this"
</Tongue-in-cheek>

BR
/Martin Leben
Ps/ Please don't change to top posting in the middle of a thread. /Ds


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