-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I don't know if you've checked this in the manual, but there is something that refers to behavior when encountering hard links in there.
=R jay wrote: > I don't have a problem doing this here. But if I am restoring 20,000 > files and some of those are hard linked, which I might or might not know > about, then it might be an issue. I think some type of warning would've > been really nice in the restore email. Maybe? > > Jason > > On 10/1/07, *Arno Lehmann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > 01.10.2007 20:57,, jay wrote:: > > Thanks Chris and Arno, > > > > The files are indeed hard linked > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# stat /etc/hosts > > File: `/etc/hosts' > > Size: 591 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 > regular file > > Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 33011 Links: 2 > > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: > ( 0/ root) > > Access: 2007-10-01 13:52:26.000000000 -0500 > > Modify: 2007-07-30 09:49: 55.000000000 -0500 > > Change: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# stat > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/hosts > > File: `/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/hosts' > > Size: 591 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 > regular file > > Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 33011 Links: 2 > > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: > ( 0/ root) > > Access: 2007-10-01 13:52:26.000000000 -0500 > > Modify: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > > Change: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > > > Now that we have established that, is there a way to restore that > file > > with Bacula? Or does Bacula not handle hard links? > > But didn't you just lear that Bacula handles hard links? ;-) > > Admittedly, it might handle them differently... for now, I'd suggest > to simple rm /etc/hosts and link it to the restored copy again. > > Arno > > > Thanks for the quick responses > > > > Jason > > > > > > On 10/1/07, *Arno Lehmann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > 01.10.2007 20:05,, jay wrote:: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm having a weird problem trying to restore /etc/hosts on a > > RHEL4 box. > > > I'm testing Bacula 2.2.4 on this box, with a MySQL 4 backend. > > > Everything works great so far including my first test restores. > > > However, today I tried to do a restore of /etc/hosts. I > enter file > > > selection mode, cd /etc, mark hosts, then do an estimates > and it > > says 2 > > > files are marked for restoration. Ok, thats weird. > > > > I'm not sure there, but I see two possible reasons for this: The > > second file could either be the /etc directory, or... > > > > > When I finish the > > > restore, no files are restored, except the > > > etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default directory > > structure. Now, on > > > the real filesystem, there is a hosts file in that > directory, as > > well as > > > /etc/hosts. But they are not symlinked. > > > > ... the two files are not symlinked but hard links to only one > set of > > data. > > > > > It seems like Bacula is > > > getting confused about which hosts file I actually want > restored. It > > > happens if I set the restore client to the same machine, or a > > different > > > one. > > > > I think that, in case these files are hard links, Bacula should > > restore the one you explicitly selected, i.e. /etc/hosts. What it > > should do the other hard links is something *I* wouldn't want to > > decide... > > > > Arno > > > > > > > > Perhaps this is just my inexperience with the software, but can > > someone > > > offer a suggestion as to what the problem might be? Maybe > > someone else > > > can confirm this happens with them? Thanks > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > > Defy all challenges. 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