rdiff-backup failed due to target machine being down, but is unkillable
- by Markus
My backup script was invoked by cron, using rdiff-backup to backup the user files onto a target system in the network. That target computer went down at some point, yet still appeared as mounted on the server. rdiff-backup didn't do anything, but still appears as a process. kill-ing doesn't stop it.
Similarly, running rdiff-backup for other directories works but doesn't exit properly and remains in the process list.
Is there anything short of rebooting the server that I can try?