Restore huge file from rdiff-backup with few space on / - why does rdiff-backup use so much space on /?

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I try to restore a 5GB file from a backup:

$ rdiff-backup -r 2012-01-26 /backup/path/to/file /restore/dir
Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':

Wenn I do so, I run out of space on /. I have 8GB free space on / and a lot more on the partion with the backups and on the one for the restore. Now I ran out of ideas. Well soon I should give / more space, but this is not something I can do now. Where does rdiff-backup put all these tmp data excactly? It doesn't seem to be /tmp! How can I restore manually from the diff.gz-File?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

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I solved my problem using --tempdir, see here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/9951/rdiff-backup-and-running-out-of-disk-space-something-weirds-going-on

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

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answered Jan 28 '12 at 23:16

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Restore huge file from rdiff-backup with few space on / - why does rdiff-backup use so much space on /?

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