bugrdiff-backup - Bugs: bug #16819, OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

 
 

bug #16819: OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Sun 11 Jun 2006 06:48:47 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Invalid
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Sun 11 Jun 2006 07:16:02 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Sorry, it is no rdiff-backup bug!
It seems to be a problem of my filesystem. I even cannot copy that file with "cp" into the destination directory. Cp also complains about "file exists". Very strange...


Anonymous
Sun 11 Jun 2006 06:48:47 PM UTC, original submission:  

I always get the error "OSError: [Errno 17] File exists" when trying to backup my home directory. This problem only occurs with the home directory, other directories work.
Unfortunately I can't estimate what the problem is. But the file which rdiff-backup complains about can't exist, because the destination directory is completely empty.

Command:
rdiff-backup -v9 --no-hard-links --exclude-special-files /home/dominik /media/sdb1/backups/continuous

Log:
Sun Jun 11 20:38:45 2006  Renaming /media/sdb1/backups/continuous/.gnome2/rdiff-backup.tmp.282 to /media/sdb1/backups/continuous/.gnome2/linphone
Sun Jun 11 20:38:45 2006  Exception '[Errno 17] File exists' raised of class 'exceptions.OSError':
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 337, in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 38, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 218, in patch
    ITR(diff.index, diff)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 281, in _call_
    last_branch.fast_process(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 517, in fast_process
    rpath.rename(tf, mirror_rp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 237, in rename
    else: rp_source.conn.os.rename(rp_source.path, rp_dest.path)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 337, in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 38, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 218, in patch
    ITR(diff.index, diff)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 281, in _call_
    last_branch.fast_process(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 517, in fast_process
    rpath.rename(tf, mirror_rp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 237, in rename
    else: rp_source.conn.os.rename(rp_source.path, rp_dest.path)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

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