Hello,
This is a follow up post to the
original issue.
I have done some additonal
testing and now it seems that the issue is specifically related to either
backuppc or the File::RsyncP module, as these are the two pieces I can not
eliminate.
I have setup and successfully
completed straight rsync file transfer from the winXP box to the Unbuntu (10.04)
with no issue. All files transferred with out any changes to the filename.
I have scoured the various user forums for any related problems and aside from a
few people who had issues relating to European character sets not translating
properly (which I have eliminated as a possible solution) there are no issue
being reported. It seem sthat I am the only one to create filenames
starting with an open parenthesis....
Is anyone able to test this
issue on their system and see if it is indeed common?
Regards,
Paul
Hi Jesper,
Thanks for the reply,
unfortunately this did not resolve the problem. I set the "unix charset
=ISO8859-1" and then restarted the samba server, but to no avail. I then tried
changing the code page in BackupPC for rsyncd to cp850, which the samba
documentation indicated would be required to match the iso8859-1 setting, but
that also did not help.
I am still at a loss on how to
proceed.
Regards,
Paul
Hi
Paul,
In my experience you also need to set the Samba charset besides
the backuppc client charset when using backuppc over smb with these special
characters.
smb.conf:
<SNIP>
...
[global]
unix
charset =ISO8859-1
...
</SNIP>
I have the same issue as you describe just with speciel
danish characters(æ, ø and å) and setting the charset in Samaba solves
this.
Regards
Jesper
Hello,
I'm
having an issue with backuppc, that I have not seen reported in any of the user
lists.
I am
using the latest versions of backupppc(3.2.1 on Ubuntu 10.04) and cygwin /
rsyncd (1.7.9 / 3.08) on WinXP (SP3).
I am
backing up a large directory of mp3 files ~6,000 files.
From
all appearances the backup works fine:
- The rsyncd.log shows each file being transferred with no
errors.
- The Backuppc log reports the successful completion of the backup
indicating receipt of all ~6000 files
and
the transfer of over 24GB.
But…when I browse the backup most of the files are not
there!!
After
some investigation I discovered that any file with a filename starting with “(“,
“-“, or “)” are not being
copied to the disk…
Since
a majority of my files begin with ”(“ they are not being reflected in the
backuppc backup directory.
I
have the $Conf{ClientCharset} option set to cp1252 for the WinXP
config.
Has
anyone seen anything like this before? Am I missing something
obvious?
I
hope I can resolve it without resorting changing 4000+ filenames…
Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Paul
