Re: [bu-users] backup /var/run fails, reports nothing to backup

[jack b. <by...@gm...>]

sorry for  wasting your time on
this now obvious problem
it was all caused by the default Exclude

Jack

On 9/5/06, jack byers <by...@gm...> wrote:
>
> running bu as root  trying to backup /var
> mostly succeeds, but somehow failing completely to backup /var/run
>
> repeated attempts  say nothing to to backup
> [root@bootp ~]# /home/byers/pkg/bin/bu -d /rh8b /var/run
>
> Incremental:      on
> Backup directory: /rh8b
>
> No new or changed files to back up
>
> but  /var/run still not there under /rh8b
> [root@bootp var]# pwd
> /rh8b/var
> [root@bootp var]# ls
> account  crash  db     ftp  lib    lock  named  opt       racoon  tux  yp
> cache    cvs    empty  gdm  local  log   nis    preserve  spool   www
> [root@bootp var]#
>
> my parent dir /var/run exists and is populated
>
> the error msg of original bu of entire /var
> seems to say why it failed, but i dont know what this means:
> [root@bootp bu]# cat log.060905-2.errors
> mk_parent_directories(): Error: Could not mkdir /rh8b/var.
> File exists
> [root@bootp bu]#
>
> am I missing something obvious?
> what means 'files exists'?  there is no ordinary file 'run' in  /rh8b/var
>
>  advice?
> Jack
>