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Re: [BackupPC-users] External WD Worldbook Device
2009-03-26 23:29:16
Les Mikesell wrote:
David Williams wrote:
When I originally started Backuppc
it was complaining that it could not create a hardlink under
/backups/pc/XXXX and /backups/cpool. It wasn't looking at
/var/lib/backuppc. Even with version 3.0 I had TopDir set to /backups and
backups were being created under /backups.
The test in 3.1 was added to catch this kind of mistake.
Yes, i found this way back in December 2007, see here....
http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net/msg08103.html
but no one ever replied to my post.
In short yes, the hardlink test is a good thing, but to me it seems it
gets done too early.
In the old 3.0.0 you could just format a usb drive as ext3 and plug it
in on the same mount point and backuppc would start, create pc, cpool,
pool and trash directories and carry on.
Now in 3.1.0 it does the hardlink check before creating any directories
and becuase the hardlink check is done on subdirectories it fails.
I would absolutely love it if the top level directories were still
created by backuppc first before doing the hardlink test. If those
directories are created because they dont exist and the hardlink test
fails then just remove the directories. Or leave them there, all you've
done is create a few directories.
Or how about just making some temp directories as part of the hardlink
test underneath the $Topdir? That would be the same as trying to create
hard links under TopDir/pc/xxxx etc.
Regards,
Les Stott
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