On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:36:47 -0400
Steve Blackwell <zephod AT cfl.rr DOT com> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:48:03 -0500
> Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > A quick fix might be to add the --one-file-system option to the tar 
> > command so it will ignore all mount points.  I always do that anyway
> > to avoid picking up ad-hoc DVD/USB or network mounts that might
> > happen to be active, but then you have to be sure you explicitly add
> > every filesystem that you do want to back up.
> > 
> 
> I have a dual boot system and I keep all my music on the Windows side
> so that I can access it from either. So I want to back up the Windows
> stuff too. As I understand it the .gvfs directory has to do with fuse
> filesystems, ie Windows in my case. The Windows drive is mounted
> on /mnt. If I use the --one-file-system option and add /mnt/c_drive to
> my TarShareName, am I not going to have the same problem?
> 
> I guess I'll try it and see.
No luck. Ignoring the fact I didn't get all the shares/excludes right, I
still get the .gvfs error.

Running: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals
--one-file-system --newer=2010-05-06 00:00:09 --exclude=./proc
--exclude=./sys --exclude=./tmp --exclude=./media --exclude=./selinux
--exclude=./misc --exclude=./home/"*"/.gvfs . 
incr backup started back to 2010-05-06 00:00:09 (backup #284) for
directory / 
Xfer PIDs are now 29228,29227 
/bin/tar: ./boot/: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped 
[ skipped 6882 lines ] 
/bin/tar: ./dev/: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped
[ skipped 134 lines ] 
/bin/tar: ./home/steve/.gvfs: Cannot stat: Permission denied 
[ skipped 4481 lines ] 
/bin/tar: ./mnt/c_drive/: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped
[ skipped 27693 lines ] 
/bin/tar: ./net/: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped
[ skipped 304 lines ] 
/bin/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors Tar exited
with error 512 () status 
[ skipped 32 lines ] 
tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 3843 filesExist, 18817093 sizeExist,
3858427 sizeExistComp, 10576 filesTotal, 7797716344 sizeTotal 
Got fatal error during xfer (Tar exited with error 512 () status)
Backup aborted (Tar exited with error 512 () status)

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