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Re: [Bug-tar] Inquiry - incremental archives using the --directory optio
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Jérome Foucher |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Inquiry - incremental archives using the --directory option not supported ? |
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:07:42 +0200 |
On 17 oct. 2010, at 18:33, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> 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?
Yes.
> 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.
Is the "--no-check-device" option supposed to avoid such a problem ?
And why does it work (for me working means that it correctly identify the files
that have been added/removed/modified) when I pass the absolute paths ?
Jérome