Refer to:

<http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#Other-installation-topics>

I find myself needing to copy the pool as my external drive has run out of 
space, so I'm now attempting to use this command to recreate the link farm.

The FAQ says to use this command:

__INSTALLDIR__/bin/BackupPC_tarPCCopy __TOPDIR__/pc | tar xvPf -

After studying the code, I find it needs to be this:

__INSTALLDIR__/bin/BackupPC_tarPCCopy __TOPDIR__/pc/HOST | tar xvPf -

where HOST is one of the backup clients. (The text above the example 
command says this, but the example is wrong, because it doesn't specify a 
subdirectory of pc.)

Also, the command fails when one of the files is read and causes a short 
read (ie. zero bytes read but the file length is non-zero). I think this is 
because the filesystem needs checking after filling up, so I'm doing that 
now.

The error message is:

substr outside of string at /usr/share/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm line 
876.

The real error happens up in TarWriteFile when the compressed file in 
pc/HOST is read and $len is zero (ie. the read fails).




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