Assuming you don't have access to the system or can't see any hard drive lights blinking rapidly, check lsof | grep -i rdiff to see if the list of files that it's touching is changing . You can also check dstat -d or iostat -d 1 to see if there's lots of I/O occurring
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Eric Beversluis <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had an rdiff backup running for about 1 1/2 hrs or longer. This is > much longer than it's ever taken in the past. Is there a way I can check > that it's still running right? I hate to just abort it at this point. > > Related: what can I safely do on the computer while the rdiff-backup is > running? Does it work off a snapshot or does it get messed up if I change > files while it's running? > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
