[BackupPC-users] loop in empty folder?

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	Hello!
	I have received one e-mail, in which the failure is not by the variable 
$Conf{ClientTimeout>}

	"BackupPC administrative attention needed
	The following hosts had an error that is probably caused by a 
misconfiguration.  Please fix these hosts:
   -	 albertovn (Child exited prematurely)"

	The Problem.... loop in "Can\'t open 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/ for empty output"
	
	backup # strace -s80 -f -p 10077 (/usr/bin/perl 
/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC -d)

[pid 11077] 
link("/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/0/c/f/0cf29bda0141b6a992d6bd8e48233d52",
"/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new/falbertovn/fmd5/attrib") = 0
[pid 11077] 
stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new/falbertovn/fmd5/attrib",
{st_dev=makedev(253, 0), st_ino=6121276, st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, 
st_nlink=17, st_uid=108, st_gid=104, st_blksize=131072, st_blocks=8, 
st_size=31, st_atime=2006/0508-23:14:53, st_mtime=2005/06/27-15:15:49, 
st_ctime=2006/05/08-23:14:53}) = 0
[pid 11077] munmap(0xb7abe000, 135168)  = 0
[pid 11077] write(8, "log   create d 700 1248/1118        4096 
nsmail\n", 48) = 48
[pid 11074] <... select resumed> )      = 1 (in [7])
[pid 11077] 
stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/fnsmail", 
<unfinished ...>
[pid 11074] read(7, "log   create d 700 1248/1118        4096 nsmail\n", 
65536) = 48
[pid 11077] <... stat64 resumed> 0x814c0c8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
[pid 11074] select(8, [7], NULL, [7], NULL <unfinished ...>
[pid 11077] 
stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/fnsmail", 
0x814c0c8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 11077] stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn", 
{st_dev=makedev(253, 0), st_ino=170339641, st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, 
st_nlink=22, st_uid=108, st_gid=104, st_blksize=131072, st_blocks=1, 
st_size=560, st_atime=2006/05/08-23:14:50, st_mtime=2006/05/08-23:14:53, 
st_ctime=2006/05/08-23:14:53}) = 0
[pid 11077] 
mkdir("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/fnsmail", 0777) = 
0[pid 11077] 
stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/fnsmail", 
{st_dev=makedev(253, 0), st_ino=170340085,st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, 
st_nlink=2, st_uid=108, st_gid=104, st_blksize=131072, st_blocks=0, 
st_size=48, st_atime=2006/05/08-23:14:53, st_mtime=2006/05/08-23:14:53, 
st_ctime=2006/05/08-23:14:53}) = 0
[pid 11077] stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/", 
{st_dev=makedev(253, 0), st_ino=170339641, st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, 
st_nlink=23, st_uid=108, st_gid=104, st_blksize=131072, st_blocks=1, 
st_size=584, st_atime=2006/05/08-23:14:50, st_mtime=2006/05/08-23:14:53, 
st_ctime=2006/05/08-23:14:53}) = 0
[pid 11077] open("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/", 
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = -1 EISDIR (Is a directory)
[pid 11077] stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/", 
{st_dev=makedev(253, 0), st_ino=170339641, st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, 
st_nlink=23, st_uid=108, st_gid=104, st_blksize=131072, st_blocks=1, 
st_size=584, st_atime=2006/05/08-23:14:50, st_mtime=2006/05/08-23:14:53, 
st_ctime=2006/05/08-23:14:53}) = 0
[pid 11077] write(8, "log Can\'t open 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/ for empty output\n\n", 
81) = 81
[pid 11074] <... select resumed> )      = 1 (in [7])
[pid 11077] write(8, "log   create     0         /           0 \n", 42 
<unfinished ...>
[pid 11074] read(7,  <unfinished ...>
[pid 11077] <... write resumed> )       = 42
[pid 11074] <... read resumed> "log Can\'t open 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/ for empty output\n\nlog 
  create     0         /           "..., 65536) = 123
[pid 11077] stat64("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/", 
<unfinished ...>
[pid 11074] select(8, [7], NULL, [7], NULL <unfinished ...>
[pid 11077] <... stat64 resumed> {st_dev=makedev(253, 0), 
st_ino=170339641, st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_nlink=23, st_uid=108, 
st_gid=104, st_blksize=131072, st_blocks=1, st_size=584, 
st_atime=2006/05/08-23:14:50, 
st_mtime=2006/05/08-23:14:53,st_ctime=2006/05/08-23:14:53}) = 0
[pid 11077] open("/var/lib/backuppc/pc/albertovn/new//falbertovn/", 
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = -1 EISDIR (Is a directory)

	The empty directory ~albertovn:
	users # ls -las ~albertovn/nsmail/
	total 8
	4 drwx------   2 albertovn etl 4096 May 12 17:24 .
	4 drwxr-xr-x  23 albertovn etl 4096 May  4 16:34 ..

	BackupPC Version on GNU/Linux Debian Sarge:	
	backup# dpkg -l backuppc
	Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
	| Estado=No/Instalado/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
	|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
mayúsc.=malo)
	||/ Nombre              Versión             Descripción
	+++-===================-===================-======================================================
	ii  backuppc            2.1.1-2sarge2       high-performance, 
enterprise-grade system for backing

	Solution applied temporarily:
	Create file in folder:
	touch ~/albertovn/nsmail/.foo
	if I delete the file it returns to reproduce the failure...
	
	I have used during one years and six moths backuppc and have obtained 
very good results, congratulations
	BackupPC: Host Summary
	This status was generated at 5/12 17:42.
	Hosts with good Backups
	There are 2311 hosts that have been backed up, for a total of:
	    * 10919 full backups of total size 4851.35GB (prior to pooling and 
compression),
	    * 29125 incr backups of total size 324.65GB (prior to pooling and 
compression).
	
	Greetings