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author | ben <ben@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2002-03-26 20:43:33 +0000 |
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committer | ben <ben@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2002-03-26 20:43:33 +0000 |
commit | b3ed4655ef3b9694c53325eb952f5affc45cdb51 (patch) | |
tree | 19dfb6f5fb455caea9e86f98ff80b38213bfca12 /rdiff-backup/src/connection.py | |
parent | abbd3dde1b37b92be97c099edc1d31745b9b21ae (diff) | |
download | rdiff-backup-b3ed4655ef3b9694c53325eb952f5affc45cdb51.tar.gz |
Improved error reporting when rdiff-backup doesn't start correctly on
the remote side.
git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@27 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
Diffstat (limited to 'rdiff-backup/src/connection.py')
-rw-r--r-- | rdiff-backup/src/connection.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py b/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py index 4c87979..9842480 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py +++ b/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import types, os, tempfile, cPickle, shutil, traceback # class ConnectionError(Exception): pass +class ConnectionReadError(ConnectionError): pass class ConnectionQuit(Exception): pass @@ -210,8 +211,9 @@ class LowLevelPipeConnection(Connection): def _get(self): """Read an object from the pipe and return (req_num, value)""" header_string = self.inpipe.read(9) - assert len(header_string) == 9, \ - "Error reading from pipe (problem probably originated remotely)" + if not len(header_string) == 9: + raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem " + "probably originated remotely)") try: format_string, req_num, length = (header_string[0], ord(header_string[1]), |