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Re: [SLE] *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer:
  • From: Ulf Rasch <u.rasch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:32:31 +0200
  • Message-id: <200507072032.31686.u.rasch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 07 July 2005 19:10, Coach-X wrote:
> I run rsync every hour to backup log files and sometimes I get the
> following error:
>
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7fb207c ***
> /home/coach/crons/sync_logs.sh: line 4: 22285 Aborted /usr/bin/rsync
Well, I don't know anything about the internals of rsync or the glibc but an
abort means that that the program terminated abnormally.

>
> I cant tell if the backup fails, as it runs again the following hour.
Why not?
Compare the backup files with the original and you will know.

> Is
> this anything to worry about?
Well, how important is the backup to you?
You will have your reason to do it every hour and not once a day.

A backup that is not valid is useless.

Ulf

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