On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 09:02:53AM -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote: > This morning, amanda (2.4.5) told me that some files changed during > the backup. I don't think it actually changed. Why does it mean by > "changed" ? The file in question was not being written to during > amanda's backup of the server, that I am sure of. > > I'm suspecting a file "last access time" change. Otherwise, a bug in > tar/amanda ?
I can't believe that tar would compare the actual data contents. Without looking at tar's code for other approaches, I suspect that tar checks the file's inode contents before and after copying the file. If this is the case time stamp, file owner/group id, size, or permission changes could all trigger the message. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
