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Re: [Duplicity-talk] write-only backup?
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edgar . soldin |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] write-only backup? |
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Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:56:01 +0200 |
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On 23.10.2013 10:26, Igor Bukanov wrote:
> Does duplicity need to read any information from the remote side
> during the backup?
no, before the backup. it synchronizes with the backend to make sure that the
local archive dir is up to date.
>Or does it use the local cache to know what is
> exactly on the remote side so write-only or push-only connection is
> possible?
yes
>Or put in other way, can duplicity backup to a filesystem
> that only allows to create new files or directories and append to
> existing files, but does not allow to read any existing file context
> or metadata or list directories?
currently not.
..ede/duply.net