[rdiff-backup-users] Re: --check-destination-dir fails after a crash (redux)

[Sebastien Maret]

Gordon Rowell <address@hidden> writes:

> I experienced the error shown here:
>
>    
> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2006-03/msg00038.html
>
> and applied the patch show here:
>
>    
> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2006-03/msg00039.html
>
> which worked for me, but I haven't seen any further follow-up and the
> patch doesn't seem to have been applied in CVS.
>
> Is it the correct fix?

Not sure it is.

I had the same problem today, and applied the patch. Now I get:


% rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir --force /Lorien2/spitzer/Backup
Exception '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 
'/Lorien2/spitzer/Backup/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2006-10-04T01:02:23-04:00.snapshot.gz''
 raised of class 'exceptions.OSError':
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in 
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 273, in 
take_action
    elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 781, in 
CheckDest
    dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 69, in 
Regress
    regress_rbdir(manager)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 124, in 
regress_rbdir
    if has_meta_diff and not has_meta_snap: recreate_meta(meta_manager)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 153, in 
recreate_meta
    rpath.rename(temprp, finalrp)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 230, in 
rename
    if not rp_source.lstat(): rp_dest.delete()
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 946, in 
delete
    else: self.conn.os.unlink(self.path)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/sw/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in 
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 273, in 
take_action
    elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 781, in 
CheckDest
    dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 69, in 
Regress
    regress_rbdir(manager)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 124, in 
regress_rbdir
    if has_meta_diff and not has_meta_snap: recreate_meta(meta_manager)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 153, in 
recreate_meta
    rpath.rename(temprp, finalrp)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 230, in 
rename
    if not rp_source.lstat(): rp_dest.delete()
  File "/sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 946, in 
delete
    else: self.conn.os.unlink(self.path)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 
'/Lorien2/spitzer/Backup/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2006-10-04T01:02:23-04:00.snapshot.gz'

Sébastien