Re: [rdiff-backup-users] What does 'Attempt to rename over same inode' mean?

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Aug 10, 2008, at 8:17 AM, Patrick Nagel wrote:
> today's backup gave me the following message:
>
> Warning: Attempt to rename over same inode:
> /mnt/sdb1/backup/some/path/rdiff-backup.tmp.3491 to
> /mnt/sdb1/backup/some/path/some_filename
>
> Is it something I need to worry about?

Hi Patrick,

Yes, you should worry about this. It indicates that the directory /mnt/ 
sdb1/backup/some/path/ has duplicate inodes.

If you do `ls -li` in that directory, it will list the inode numbers.  
IIRC, the inode number for "some_filename" will be duplicated in that  
list.

A good e2fsck will hopefully sort that out. Check the mailing list  
archives for more information, as I recall a recent problem like this.


good luck,
Andrew