When doing an incremental backup the other day I noticed that
directories were listed as new when I knew they weren't. I
investigated this a bit closer, and from what I can tell, this looks
like a bug in tar 1.26. (As packaged for Fedora 17 in
tar-1.26-5.fc17.x86_64.) I'm worried when my backup
Sergey Poznyakoff:
Yes, can you please send me the snapshot file?
Of course. I placed it on my FTP site rather than attaching it since
it is so big. But I'll send it to you off-list; I imagine not all
subscribers would appreciate it.
Having two copies
(before and after creating the tarball)
