Re: rdiff-backup and computer suspend

[Patrik Dufresne]

In Minarca, which uses rdiff-backup under the hood, I'm using wakepy (
https://pypi.org/project/wakepy/) to keep the computer awake during the
execution of the backup.

I see it has a command line interface. So it might be possible to use it in
a bash script.

I think Wakepy is calling a systemd procedure using d-bus. So you might try
to call that procedure directly too.

Le jeu. 20 avr. 2023, à 08 h 48, Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> a écrit :

> Eric Beversluis <ebever@researchintegration.org> writes:
>
> > So my question concerns how suspend work on Ubuntu. I assume that the
> > computer doesn't suspend if a process like rdiff-backup is
> > running. Maybe that's wrong. But I've always thought the computer
> > wouldn't suspend as long as there was activity. And if the computer
> > does suspend, does that mean that the rdiff-backup process also
> > suspends?
>
> Sometimes there are APIs to block sleeping, but mostly usually -- take
> this with a kg of salt not just a fr -- it's about detecting user
> activity, keyboard/mouse only.
>
> If the computer overall sleeps, yes everything stops.
>
> > Is there a way to have the computer only suspend once the backup
> > process completes?
>
> Maybe but this is an Ubuntu question really.  Probably there is a
> program to ask for non-suspend and you'd write a wrapper script.
>
>

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