Error During Backup Using Kup

[peerwal]

Hi folks,

I have been running my backups for quite a while using the backup function within the system settings. since a few days ago, I get an assertion error, which makes the program stop, so it doesn't store anything or only part of the backup data. The logfile says:

Kup is starting bup backup job at Sonntag, 21. Mai 2017 10:26:55 CEST

bup "-d" "/media/Fritzbox/TOSHIBA-ExternalUSB3-0-01/Sicherung_T3500" "init"
bup "-d" "/media/Fritzbox/TOSHIBA-ExternalUSB3-0-01/Sicherung_T3500" "fsck" "--quick"
bup "-d" "/media/Fritzbox/TOSHIBA-ExternalUSB3-0-01/Sicherung_T3500" "index" "-u" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Downloads" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Meine Dokumente" "--exclude" "/home/peter/Downloads" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/drive_c/users/peter/Eigene Bilder" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Eigene Musik" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/drive_c/users/peter/Eigene Musik" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Temp" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Favorites" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.kde/share/config" "--exclude" "/home/peter/Bilder/Fotos/lost+found" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.local/share/kate" "--exclude" "/home/peter/Temp" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.config" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Links" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.cache/routermanager" "--exclude" "/home/peter/Install" "--exclude" "/home/peter/Dropbox" "--exclude" "/home/peter/Spaces" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Recent" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Searches" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/drive_c/users/peter/Favorites" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/drive_c/users/peter/Downloads" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Eigene Videos" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/peter/Eigene Bilder" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.local/lib/vivaldi" "--exclude" "/home/peter/.cache/dconf" "/home/peter" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:"
bup "-d" "/media/Fritzbox/TOSHIBA-ExternalUSB3-0-01/Sicherung_T3500" "save" "-n" "kup" "/home/peter" "/home/peter/.wine/dosdevices/c:"
/home/peter/Musik/Videos/CREAM LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL '05 DISC 1/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_4.VOB: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/bup/cmd/bup-save", line 392, in <module>
keep_boundaries=False)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/hashsplit.py", line 237, in split_to_blob_or_tree
files, keep_boundaries, progress))
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/hashsplit.py", line 225, in split_to_shalist
for (sha,size,level) in sl:
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/hashsplit.py", line 179, in split_to_blobs
sha = makeblob(blob)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 695, in new_blob
return self.maybe_write('blob', blob)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 688, in maybe_write
self.just_write(sha, type, content)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 682, in just_write
self._write(sha, type, content)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 658, in _write
self.breakpoint()
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 663, in breakpoint
id = self._end(self.run_midx)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 768, in _end
obj_list_sha = self._write_pack_idx_v2(self.filename + '.idx', idx, packbin)
File "/usr/lib/bup/bup/git.py", line 809, in _write_pack_idx_v2
assert(count == self.count)
AssertionError

Kup did not successfully complete the bup backup job: failed to save everything.



Does anybody know, what I can try to fix the issue?

Thanks very much.

[Snowhog]

My guess is it's releated to this line (from the logfile):

/home/peter/Musik/Videos/CREAM LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL '05 DISC 1/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_4.VOB: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

[peerwal]

Thnaks for your reply and sorry I didn't read the log file carefully. Otherwise I could have seen that line, too.

I excluded this folder, run the backup again anf found another file causing the same error. As the filename also contains a blank, i assume, the blanks are the problem here. I am going to check that.

[Snowhog]

Yes, the spaces in the file name are the problem.

[peerwal]

I tried to exclude the files the names of wich contain spaces or single quotes but now it comes up with an error message for a file that has definitely been archived before:

/home/peter/Bilder/Fotos/Fujifilm/Kalimantan_2017/Kalimantan_2017_14.tif: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

as well as the AssertionError at the end of the logfile as before.

Also, what do the statements below

Traceback...

mean?

Today I tried to generate another backup of only one single file and it gives me the same error message:

/home/peter/Videos/erstermai08.mpg: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

What the heck does kup not like about this video file? There is obviously nothing wrong with the file name. I can open the file with no problem. Could it be the size (1.3 GB)?

[peerwal]

Obviously, the problem was caused by the Fritz!NAS. Kup does not seem to work with Fritz!NAS anymore. It does not recognize it as an external drive. If I configure it as an internal drive, the problems desccribed above occur. Thanks to everybody for your assistance, anyway.