From: Paul F. <pg...@fo...> - 2005-03-31 12:41:19
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> > here's the kicker: presumably because Zlib.pm couldn't be found, > > backuppc reverted to doing uncompressed backups. as i look back > > through my logs, i see that the cpool size has been constant, and > > the pool size has been growing every day, until finally the > > backup disk filled up. > > Yes, it automatically turns compression off if Compress::Zlib > cannot be found. I think in the future I should turn this into > a fatal error ($Conf{CompressLevel} > 0 with no Compress::Zlib). thanks -- yes, i agree that it should be fatal. > > modules, but it doesn't jump out at me. is there such a > > list? ... > > Yes, the list is shown under "Step 2: Installing the distribution". thanks. i clearly was more frustrated than thorough last night. i certainly should have found that. and thanks, les, for the cpan shortcut command. worked perfectly (as i knew it would). > Your best choice is to delete the recent (uncompressed) backups. > You can do that by removing the numbered backup directory in > each client directory, and also deleting the corresponding > lines in the backups file (one line per backup - the backup > number is at the start of the line). okay. that sounds like the best bet. thanks for all the help... paul =--------------------- paul fox, pg...@fo... (arlington, ma, where it's 44.1 degrees) |