Re: [BackupPC-users] TextFileWrite: Failed to verify /etc/BackupPC/config.pl.new

[Michael M. <mi...@np...>]

Hi Craig,

> Michael writes:
> 
> > TextFileWrite: Failed to verify /etc/BackupPC/config.pl.new
> > 
> > in the browser under the main "Hosts Xfer etc" area.
> > 
> > I check the filesystem and see the file re-created:
> > 
> > # ll conf*
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 78506 Nov 10 12:24 config.pl
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache     0 Nov 11 17:04 config.pl.new
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 76236 Apr 29  2009 config.pl.old
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 75640 Jul  4  2008 config.pl.pre-3.1.0
> > -rw-r----- 1 backuppc apache 76236 Jul 19 06:03 config.pl.pre-3.2.0beta0
> > 
> > It seems to me the software tries to verify the config.pl file but can't write
> > the file for some reason? (even though the file can be written to the disk?).
> > 
> > It's a strange problem which I think one of the developers who has an
> > understanding of the process the "Save" takes would be able to help with.
> 
> The writing steps for any text data file in BackupPC (eg: config.pl,
> backups, restores etc) is:
> 
>  - open config.new for writing
> 
>  - write the new file contents
> 
>  - close the file
> 
>  - open config.new for reading
> 
>  - read the contents
> 
>  - close the file
> 
>  - if the contents match, then rename config.pl to config.pl.old
>    and rename config.pl.new to config.pl.
> 
>  - otherwise, print the error that you see and leave the
>    config.pl.new file as is.
> 
> Could the file system be full?

Yes the filesystem was full. I cleared some space, tried again and it worked fine.

Thank you.

Michael.