Re: FATAL: server: LOCK found

Miek Gieben <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:58:21 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[On 04 Mar, @00:38, Hugues wrote in "[hdup-user] FATAL: server: LOC ..."]
> Hi,
> 
> Whenever I run hdup from a cron job I get an email saying:
> 
> /usr/local/sbin/hdup: server: STARTING BACKUP.                                 
>                  /usr/local/sbin/hdup: FATAL: server: LOCK found (created: Wed
> Mar  3 15:00:02 2004).
> 
> And then another saying that the backup was succesfuly performed. I double check
> and the backup is actually done (or at least there is an archive in the right
> directory). 
> 
> If I run the same command as in the cronfile from the command line I don't get
> an error. I checked just before the cron job ran and there is no LOCK file
> anywhere to be found.
> 
> Has anyone have any ideas why I get the first email?

uhm... no :(

But what cron jobs are running at 15:00? How large is the backup you create
and how long does it takes, and at what time does the hdup backup run?

grtz Miek

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