Go on with a backup when the destination marker cannot be checked (closes #389)
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A source host whose credentials allow only PUT, which the documents say is enough to back up, failed every backup after its first: the marker check looks the marker up with an S3 HEAD, which those credentials are refused, and any error other than not found was fatal. Such an error now means the check could not be made: it is logged at info level, so --cron stays silent, and the command goes on. Not found still stops it. The documents now say so, and that such a host does not notice an emptied destination, so vaultik database delete must be run on it after the destination is emptied. The fault-injecting test store gains a Stat hook for the test. Model: opus-5-5
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## Marker File (`vaultik-destination.txt`)
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Every backup writes this file at the root before it uploads anything. It holds one fixed line of plain text and names no host, path or time. A destination without it is treated as not present while the local index holds snapshots stored there: `snapshot create` refuses to write to it, and `prune`, `snapshot purge`, `snapshot remove`, `snapshot list` and `remote nuke` behave as for a destination that cannot be listed. An unplugged volume leaves an empty directory at its mount point, and without the marker that directory would read as a destination whose snapshots are all gone. `remote nuke` deletes the marker last.
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Every backup writes this file at the root before it uploads anything. It holds one fixed line of plain text and names no host, path or time. While the local index holds snapshots stored there, a destination that answers a look-up of the marker with not found is treated as not present: `snapshot create` refuses to write to it, and `prune`, `snapshot purge`, `snapshot remove`, `snapshot list` and `remote nuke` behave as for a destination that cannot be listed. An unplugged volume leaves an empty directory at its mount point, and without the marker that directory would read as a destination whose snapshots are all gone. `remote nuke` deletes the marker last.
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When the look-up of the marker fails for any reason other than not found, the check is skipped and the command goes on. S3 refuses it on every run to credentials that allow only PUT, so a host with such credentials does not notice a destination emptied since its last backup, and its next backup would leave out the data its local index records as already stored. After the destination is emptied, run `vaultik database delete` on such a host before it backs up again.
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## Blobs Directory (`blobs/`)
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