Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Help With Error Message

[Ben Escoto]

>>>>> Donald D Henson <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Sun, 08 Feb 2004 15:52:18 -0700

> On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 15:28, Ben Escoto wrote:
> > See http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/error_policy.html for what it
> > means.  (Andrew's message is very helpful on what to do about it.)
>
> Thanks for responding but I'm not sure I understand the answer. Does
> this mean that I have to ensure that no file changes while a backup is
> in progress? That can't be right. I must be missing something simple
> here. Can you offer any further guidance? I'd appreciate it.

If a regular file changes while rdiff-backup is processing that very
file, then an UpdateError may be raised.  You don't have to ensure that
nothing changes in the entire source directory.


-- 
Ben Escoto

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