version 2.2 --remove-older-than behavior changed

Hi: I upgrade our rdiff-backup version from 2.0.5 to 2.2 (the package comes with RHEL 9.1). if I issue command like below: version 2.2: #>rdiff-backup remove increments --older-than 10B my-backup NOTE: No increments older than Wed Feb 1 04:15:41 2023 found, exiting. WARNING: No increment

Re: version 2.2 --remove-older-than behavior changed

Did you check the documentation? Tl;Dr: it is documented! KR, Eric On 16 February 2023 07:40:32 GMT+01:00, tbsky wrote: >Hi: > I upgrade our rdiff-backup version from 2.0.5 to 2.2 (the package comes > with RHEL 9.1). if I issue command like below: > >version 2.2: >#>rdiff-backup remove

Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

Aside: I have two questions about rdiff -- in the interest of netiquette and such, I'll post them in separate emails. I've googled enough to find out that rdiff at least in some circumstances uses rsync to minimize communication bandwidth. My question is this: if rdiff-backup is backing up to

Reverse diffs are a standard such that patch can apply?

Aside: I have two questions about rdiff -- in the interest of netiquette and such, I'll post them in separate emails. I've googled enough to find out that rdiff stores the backup files as reverse diffs so I should be able to go to the backup directory and copy the latest version if I need

Re: Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

On February 15, 2023 7:41:25 PM UTC, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 01:24:16 PM ewl+rdiffbac...@lavar.de wrote: >> rdiff-backup (rdiff is something different) actually uses the >> patching/delta approach of (lib)rsync also locally to store less data. > >I guess I

Re: Reverse diffs are a standard such that patch can apply?

On 2/15/23 10:32, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I've googled enough to find out that rdiff stores the backup files as reverse diffs so I should be able to go to the backup directory and copy the latest version if I need that. If I need an earlier version, presumably the diffs are a "standard"

Re: Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

On 2/15/23 10:35, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I've googled enough to find out that rdiff at least in some circumstances uses rsync to minimize communication bandwidth. My question is this: if rdiff-backup is backing up to a disk (internal or external) on the machine being backed up, does it

Re: Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

Hi, rdiff-backup (rdiff is something different) actually uses the patching/delta approach of (lib)rsync also locally to store less data. KR, Eric On 15 February 2023 19:16:50 GMT+01:00, Robert Nichols wrote: >On 2/15/23 10:35, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> I've googled enough to find out that

Re: Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 01:24:16 PM ewl+rdiffbac...@lavar.de wrote: > rdiff-backup (rdiff is something different) actually uses the > patching/delta approach of (lib)rsync also locally to store less data. I guess I should have given more context (or clarity) to my questions. Part of my

Re: Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

On 2/15/23 14:33, EricZolf wrote: On February 15, 2023 7:41:25 PM UTC, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 01:24:16 PM ewl+rdiffbac...@lavar.de wrote: rdiff-backup (rdiff is something different) actually uses the patching/delta approach of (lib)rsync also locally to