Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc problem with filenames

[Paul C. <pw...@be...>]

Hello, 
 
This is a follow up post to the original issue.  
 
I have done some additonal testing and now it seems that the issue is
specifically related to either backuppc or the File::RsyncP module, as these
are the two pieces I can not eliminate.
 
I have setup and successfully completed straight rsync file transfer from
the winXP box to the Unbuntu (10.04) with no issue.  All files transferred
with out any changes to the filename. I have scoured the various user forums
for any related problems and aside from a few people who had issues relating
to European character sets not translating properly (which I have eliminated
as a possible solution) there are no issue being reported.  It seem sthat I
am the only one to create filenames starting with an open parenthesis....
 
Is anyone able to test this issue on their system and see if it is indeed
common?
 
 
Regards,
 
Paul
 
 
 
    Hi Jesper,
 
    Thanks for the reply, unfortunately this did not resolve the problem.  I
set the "unix charset =ISO8859-1" and then restarted the samba server, but
to no     avail.  I then tried changing the code page in BackupPC for rsyncd
to cp850, which the samba documentation indicated would be required to match
the iso8859-1 setting, but that also did not help.
 
I am still at a loss on how to proceed.
 
Regards,
 
Paul

 
 
 
 

Hi Paul,

In my experience you also need to set the Samba charset besides the backuppc
client charset when using backuppc over smb with these special characters.

smb.conf:
<SNIP>
...
[global]
unix charset =ISO8859-1
...
</SNIP>

I have the same issue as you describe just with speciel danish characters(æ,
ø and å) and setting the charset in Samaba solves this.

Regards
Jesper


Hello,

 
    I'm having an issue with backuppc, that I have not seen reported in any
of the user lists.
 
    I am using the latest versions of backupppc(3.2.1 on Ubuntu 10.04) and
cygwin / rsyncd (1.7.9 / 3.08) on WinXP (SP3).
 
    I am backing up a large directory of mp3 files ~6,000 files.
 
    From all appearances the backup works fine:
 
    -  The rsyncd.log shows each file being transferred with no errors.
 
    -  The Backuppc log reports the successful completion of the backup
indicating receipt of all ~6000 files 
    and the transfer of over 24GB.
 
    But…when I browse the backup most of the files are not there!!
 
    After some investigation I discovered that any file with a filename
starting with “(“, “-“, or “)” are not being
    copied to the disk…
 
    Since a majority of my files begin with ”(“ they are not being reflected
in the backuppc backup directory.
 
    I have the $Conf{ClientCharset} option set to cp1252 for the WinXP
config.
 
    Has anyone seen anything like this before? Am I missing something
obvious?
 
    I hope I can resolve it without resorting changing 4000+ filenames…
 
    Thanks in advance for any assistance,
 
    Paul