Re: cross-platform backup tool Same files from different source dir causes spurious diff files

[Dominic Raferd]

On 15/02/2022 02:24, Mr. Clif wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> In case it's helpful, here's a shell function I came up with to backup 
> snapshots of VMs in a way that preserves the usual UIDs and GIDs: ...
This is clever but I was puzzled why you experience this UID/GID shift 
problem in the first place - I don't (I think). Containers maybe? See 
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/uid-mapping-container-backup.47287/ 
https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/userns-remap/