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mobi_backup [21.01.2019 13:12] Pascal Sutermobi_backup [15.03.2022 16:23] (current) – [Error due to old flock version] Pascal Suter
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 the script writes multiple log files. First of all it writes a new log file for every invocation to /tmp/<date-time>.log. this is a general log which contains information printed by the "queue manager". It then writes two log files for each backup job it runs. these can be found in the same directory where these backup jobs are stored (defined by ''BASEDST'') again with the start date and time of the job. one ends on ''log'' the other one ends on ''.err''. the ''.log'' file contains the standard-output of the process and the ''err'' file contains the standard-error output. so if copying a file failed for example it should be listed in the ''err'' file.  the script writes multiple log files. First of all it writes a new log file for every invocation to /tmp/<date-time>.log. this is a general log which contains information printed by the "queue manager". It then writes two log files for each backup job it runs. these can be found in the same directory where these backup jobs are stored (defined by ''BASEDST'') again with the start date and time of the job. one ends on ''log'' the other one ends on ''.err''. the ''.log'' file contains the standard-output of the process and the ''err'' file contains the standard-error output. so if copying a file failed for example it should be listed in the ''err'' file. 
  
 +===== Known Issues =====
 +On systems with old rsync versions (i.e. 3.0.6) and if your data contains extended Attributes or ACL's you may get lots of ''Missing abbreviated xattr value, trusted.SGI_ACL_DEFAULT'' messages in your logs. Also your backup may get bloatet because files with ACL's or extended Attributes are constantly re-downloaded. This is due to some issues with ACL and Xattr support in old rsync versions. Either update to a newer version of Rsync or disable ACL and XATTR support by removing the ''-X'' and ''-A'' options in the bash script, that means, replace ''rsync -aAHXv'' with ''rsync -aHv''. This will disable ACL and XATTR support which menans, such attributes won't be backed up. 
 ===== the script ===== ===== the script =====
 so here is the script.. use it at your own risk and let me know if you find bugs or have contributions to make. simply send me an email to contact at psuter dot ch.  so here is the script.. use it at your own risk and let me know if you find bugs or have contributions to make. simply send me an email to contact at psuter dot ch. 
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 ===== Error due to old flock version ===== ===== Error due to old flock version =====
 when this script is run on an older linux distribution such as CentOS 6.5 for example, the provided version of flock is too old to know the ''-E'' option which specifies an exit code in case the lock could not be acquired. in such a situation you can patch the mobi.sh script using this command:  when this script is run on an older linux distribution such as CentOS 6.5 for example, the provided version of flock is too old to know the ''-E'' option which specifies an exit code in case the lock could not be acquired. in such a situation you can patch the mobi.sh script using this command: 
-  sed -i '/-E 66 //' mobi.sh+  sed -i 's/-E 66 //' mobi.sh
 this will make the script work on those systems. however, since now the exit code of flock is ''1'' when it can't acquire a lock the error message displayed in such a case might be a bit misleading, as it is the same as displayed in case of a syntax error in the rsync call. so keep that in mind when debugging such cases.  this will make the script work on those systems. however, since now the exit code of flock is ''1'' when it can't acquire a lock the error message displayed in such a case might be a bit misleading, as it is the same as displayed in case of a syntax error in the rsync call. so keep that in mind when debugging such cases. 
  
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