Re: [rdiff-backup-users] A bug in rdiff-backup with changing files

[Dominic Raferd]

Josh Nisly wrote:
> One of my clients encountered an interesting bug in rdiff-backup - 
> under certain conditions, if a file changes while it is being backed 
> up, rdiff-backup throws an unhandled exception...
I can't help on the main problem, but as a workaround (and a better 
approach anyway), users should backup from a snapshot - or, in Windows 
terminology, a 'Volume Shadow'. This is the approach I take in my 
TimeDicer script. That way files can't change or be locked during a 
backup. (Note that it might still be possible for files to be in an 
inconsistent state, though if the application manipulating them is 
'volume shadow aware', they shouldn't be.)

Dominic