James wrote:
> 
>> Got fatal error during xfer (aborted by signal=PIPE)
>> Backup aborted by user signal
> 
> This is not surprising. The abort happens when the user closes his  
> laptop or unplugs from my network. What is surprising is that the  
> backup *never* completes. It is my understanding that BackupPC will  
> begin backing up a partial from the last file that was not backed up.  
> Thus, even if a backup cannot complete in one day, or two, or three  
> attempts it will gradually fill the partial and complete a backup.

What xfer method are you using?  rsync/rsyncd are the only ones that 
know what you already have in a partial.

> This situation has been going on for months and a complete backup has  
> not been made yet. To give an idea of transfer rates on my network,  
> the 200gb could be directly transferred to the server in about 4 hours.
> 
> I've monitored the logs with a high verbosity and there are absolutely  
> no errors. There's also no endless loops seen or other oddities. It  
> chugs along processing each of the files until the user quits not  
> hanging for an inordinate amount of time on any one file.

What OS?  I've never been able to make windows rsync work under sshd.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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