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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html index 6592560..43eba68 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html +++ b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html @@ -396,10 +396,22 @@ serious recurring problem.</p> though it probably won't solve the underlying problem: In the destination's rdiff-backup-data directory, there should be two "current_mirror" files, for instance -current_mirror.2003-09-08T04:22:01-07:00.data and -current_mirror.2003-09-07T16:43:00-07:00.data. Just delete the one -with the earlier date. The next time rdiff-backup runs it won't try -regressing the destination. +<pre>current_mirror.2003-09-07T16:43:00-07:00.data +current_mirror.2003-09-08T04:22:01-07:00.data</pre> + +Delete the one with the earlier date. Also move the mirror_metadata +file with the later date out of the way, because it probably didn't +get written correctly because that session was aborted: + +<pre>mv mirror_metadata.2003-09-08T04:22:01-07:00.snapshot.gz \ + aborted-metadata.2003-09-08T04:22:01-07:00.snapshot.gz</pre> + +The next time rdiff-backup runs it won't try regressing the +destination. Metadata will be read from the file system, which may +result in some extra files being backed up, but there shouldn't be any +data loss.</p> + + </li> </ol> |