GnuCash LCK file on OSX 10.x hoses TimeMachine

[John Ralls]

On Mar 6, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Shane MacPhillamy <rcoaic at gmail.com> wrote:

> TimeMachine issues an error in the system log when it encounters the GnuCash LCK file of the form:
> 
> 7/03/13 7:20:02.690 AM com.apple.backupd[355]: Error: (-48) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/user/Documents/GnuCash/Accounts/UserFinances.LCK to /Volumes/TimeMachineMtLioniMac/Backups.backupdb/study3/2013-03-05-150751.inProgress/39CE1C17-9A89-4C9B-910C-5A775D55BA45/Macintosh HD/Users/user/Documents/GnuCash/Accounts
> 
> A subsequent TimeMachine backup run will then backup the entire volume again, as though starting from scratch - you will see a message similar to backing up 40.6 MB of 60MB with the upper limit continuing to increase without bound until the entire volume has been copied again.
> 
> My present workaround is to specifically exclude the LCK file, otherwise I get messages from TimeMachine complaining it has run out of space, when in reality it should have plenty of free space to store incremental backs.
> 

Strange. I've never had a problem with that. But I'd say that's a bug in TimeMachine rather than a Gnucash problem. The lock file is a perfectly ordinary -- and empty -- file.

Regards,
John Ralls