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Re: [Bacula-users] A directory doesn't get backed up

2013-05-17 10:09:22
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] A directory doesn't get backed up
From: Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 10:06:14 -0400
On 05/17/13 06:25, Jeff Tipton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just set up a director, fd and sd on one machine, and a fd on another 
> machine (Samba file server) where I need to take backups from. When it 
> ran the first scheduled backup, the job terminated with status 'OK' but 
> I also got a message:
> 
> 17-May 00:04 fileserver-fd JobId 3:      Could not stat 
> "/path/to/Directoryname": ERR=No such file or directory
> 
> Now, I looked up that directory, and it was there. But it was named in 
> capitals: DIRECTORYNAME. I thought mayby somebody has applied some 
> strange character encoding, so I renamed it to "Directoryname" myself. 
> After an incremental backup, Directoryname showed up int the restore but 
> was empty.
> 
> Then I copied the directory recursively to another_name, and then it got 
> backed up correctly. the problem is that I need the original name. As 
> soon I renamed the another_name back to Directoryname, it backed up 
> empty again. What's wrong?


Jeff,
If you touch all the files in the target directory to update their
modification dates, then run another incremental, does it back up correctly?


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