Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Restore failing

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Mar 6, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Bob Mead wrote:
> Hello all:
> I'm trying to restore some files from a backup created 1/20/09.  
> Using the following command (as per the man page, I added the -v5):
>
> rdiff-backup -v5  /<path-to-backup-files>/rdiff-backup-data/ 
> increments/home.2009-01-20T16:27:31-08:00.dir  /<path-to-restore-to>
>
> gives the output: (appended below)
>
> Any ideas on why rdiff is failing to restore my files?
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
>   rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line  
> 285, in Main
>   take_action(rps)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line  
> 264, in take_action
>   elif action == "restore": Restore(*rps)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line  
> 505, in Restore
>   inc_rpath, dest_rp, time)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py",  
> line 45, in Restore
>   TargetS.patch(target, diff_iter)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py",  
> line 317, in patch
>   ITR(diff.index, diff)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py",  
> line 285, in __call__
>   last_branch.fast_process(*args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py",  
> line 634, in fast_process
>   rpath.rename(tf, rp)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line  
> 220, in rename
>   if not rp_source.lstat(): rp_dest.delete()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line  
> 879, in delete
>   else: self.conn.os.unlink(self.path)
> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/<path-to-restore-to>/ 
> abrune14/.gconf/apps/gnect'



Bob,

Which version of rdiff-backup? I know you're running quite a few  
versions. :-)

Second, what is the output before this traceback? You said you ran  
with the -v5 option, so there should be lots of important information.  
-v7 could be even more helpful (there will be a lot of info)

What has happened is:
- /.../.gconf/apps/gnect  existed as a snapshot or diff in that backup  
(which one?)
- rdiff-backup tried to restore it a temp file. that must have failed.
- rdiff-backup then tried to rename the temp file to the final file  
name (gnect)
- since the temp file didn't exist, it assumed we wanted to delete the  
target (gnect)
- since the target didn't exist, an error was raised


Andrew