Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Fink rdiff-backup 1.1.0 problems

[Kevin Horton]

On 2 Nov 2005, at 01:25, Ben Escoto wrote:

> > 4. The backup attempt eventually failed with a ___File name too
> > long___ error.
> ...
>
> > OSError: [Errno 63] File name too long: '/Volumes/Ext_BU/Users/kwh/
>
> Assuming you were updating a backup started earlier, this is a good
> sign, since for backwards compatibility it needs to keep quoting if
> quoting was enabled before.  However, filename too long errors should
> be recoverable, and not crash rdiff-backup.  Perhaps you could start
> the python interpreter and type this in:
>
>
> > > > import errno
> > > > errno.ENAMETOOLONG
> 36
>
> > > > errno.errorcode[63]
> 'ENOSR'
>
> (example values are what my system says---yours must be different if
> it is crashing rdiff-backup).

I get:

% python
Python 2.4.2 (#1, Oct 14 2005, 16:33:25)
[GCC 4.0.0 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5026)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import errno
>>> errno.ENAMETOOLONG
63
>>> errno.errorcode[63]
'ENAMETOOLONG'

Kevin