On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:13:33 +0100 Köksal Erdal <k.er...@portrix.net> wrote:
> >> i need help with Bacula. We are using Bacula Version: 5.0.1 on > >> Ubuntu Server 10.04 and have some problems to backup paths with > >> more than 260 characters. The affected backup client is a Windows > >> Server 2008 with shared Volumes via CIFS. I noticed many entries > >> like "Could not stat "C:\Path\to\file\with\more\than\260 > >> \characters" ERR=The system cannot find the path specified" in the > >> notification mail. After the noticement, i checked the > >> availability of the affected paths and the user rights. The paths > >> are all available and the rights similar like all other folders > >> and files. Do you have some ideas for this issue? Could it be that > >> the path length is reason for this issue? Is it possible to > >> increase the path lengths? > > That 260 characters cap is the limitation of Win32 API. To use more > > than that number of characters, the paths being manipulated must be > > prefixed with "\\.\" etc. > > > > So I'd recommend bringing this up with Bacula developers. > > Note that they do not read this list, so use the bugtracker or post > > to bacula-devel. > > thank you for this hint! Can you give me an example for editing this > into bacula-dir.conf Editing what exactly? I was not talking about patching your Bacula config but rather about possible modification of the Bacula FD's source code so that on Windows it would employ that special pathname handling. I was wrong about the prefix -- it's rather "\\?\" but this is not really relevant to the point I'm trying to make. Refer to [1] for more info. You *can* try to cross your fingers and try to patch entries in your fileset. I would try somehting like File = "//?/C:/Some/Long/Long/Path" and File = "\\\\?\\C:/Some/Long/Long/Path" But again, I'm talking about calling out OS API, not configuring Bacula. 1. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247#maxpath P.S. Please don't top-post -- this breaks discussion flow. And you replied to me directly, not to the list. Please don't do that -- use the "Reply to all" or "Reply to group" button in your mail client when replying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
