Re: [BackupPC-users] error log for new host

Kris probably has the right explanation. But it shouldn't matter - multiple "/" in the middle of path have the same meaning as a single "/". There are certain cases where a double leading '/' can have a special meaning, although not on linux.

Paths with a trailing (or multiple trailing) "/" are usually equivalent to no trailing "/", although programs can interpret a trailing "/" in different ways (eg: rsync).

For more info, see the answer here.

Craig

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Kris Lou <klou AT themusiclink DOT net> wrote:

Is there a trailing slash on your TopDir?
p.s. I just do straight rsync over SSH to OSX. But know that whatever permissions you use to access the client (or start rsyncd if you go that route) needs permissions on the client data as well.
Kris Lou
klou AT themusiclink DOT net
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Bob Katz <bobkatz AT digido DOT com> wrote:
I think I've conquered the Thecus as a client and now for the next challenging client: a macbook pro. Also via rsyncd. I have the daemon running and what looks like a good rsyncd.conf file for the macbook pro. I'm not using "secrets" and that seems to work as a philosophy for the Thecus.

However, the backup starts and immediately ends with this error:
Can't open log file /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/bobs-macbook-pro.local/XferLOG.0
The thing is there are two forward slashes in this error note which doesn't make sense. I believe the correct route should be:
/var/lib/BackupPC/pc/bobs-macbook-pro.local/XferLOG.0


What do you think went wrong?

Thanks for any help,


Bob
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