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
