"/" dir backup

[docv]

Spoke too soon, I'm now getting the following;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3930, in ?
    Globals.Main.Main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3698, in Main
    self.take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3674, in take_action
    elif self.action == "backup": self.Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3726, in Backup
    else: HighLevel.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3261, in Mirror
    DestS.patch_and_finalize(dest_rpath, diffiter)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1539, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1510, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
[root@vaitl docv]# Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3930, in ?
    Globals.Main.Main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3698, in Main
    self.take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3673, in take_action
    PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1495, in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1462, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1384, in _get
    assert len(header_string) == 9, \
AssertionError: Error reading from pipe (problem probably originated
remotely)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3930, in ?
    Globals.Main.Main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3698, in Main
    self.take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 3673, in take_action
    PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1495, in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1462, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/sbin/rdiff-backup", line 1384, in _get
    assert len(header_string) == 9, \
AssertionError: Error reading from pipe (problem probably originated
remotely)

docv wrote:

> Thanks Ben, that worked. The only errors I get with the --exclude /dev 
> option  are 'socket found. ignoring' and another about no read 
> permissions on sudo.  These are acceptable for now. I'm testing rdiff 
> on my home system. I will be using it to backup a webserver that I 
> help to manage (but that comes later after I'm comfortable with using 
> it on my own systems. The box I'm testing rdiff-backup on is a 
> clarkconnect router for my DSL connection. It is a very "paranoid" 
> system. It likely does not include the stat command or the read 
> permissions on sudo becuase of this (but I'm guessing here).
>

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Steve
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