Re: [Bug-tar] Inquiry - incremental archives using the --directory option not supported ?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Jérome Foucher <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> But let's say machine A is now dead. I move on to machine B, and
> extract the level 0 archive 
> 
> I then add a file in the Mail folder and try to create a level 1
> archive using the same command line as above.

Do you use the snapshot file from the machine A?  If so, then it's
natural: snapshot files contain (among other info) device and inode
numbers for all directories in the archive.  On machine B these numbers
are different, which triggers a full backup.

Regards,
Sergey