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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