Re: [Bug-tar] incremental backup won't recognise snar file from previous system

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Henry Andrew <address@hidden> wrote:

> Now, even though I have copied snar back to /var/log, using cp -p to
> make sure that it retains it's original timestamp, my weekly backups are
> backing up every file on /home, as if it is unable to recognise the snar
> file.

What version of tar are you using now? The snapshot file format has
changed around version 1.15.90, previous tar versions will not
recognise it.

Regards,
Sergey