On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 02:30:11PM +0200, Tino Schwarze wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 02:20:36PM +0200, Ludovic Drolez wrote: > > And what about a mix of the two ? > > - keep hard links for files less than the chunk size (filenames begin > > with an 'f' as before) > > - for files bigger than the chunk size, create a regular file which > > contains references to the chunks in the cpool (the files could begin > > with an 'r' for example). > > The main problem is that you cannot tell anymore whether a file(chunk) > in the pool is still needed or not. You'd need to look into every backup > and check if there's still a reference to that chunk.
then, instead of the 'r' file containing the references to the chunks, simply create a 'r' directory, which will contain hard links to the chunks, so that cpool chunks are still referenced as before ! Cheers, -- Ludovic Drolez. http://www.palmopensource.com - The PalmOS Open Source Portal http://www.drolez.com - Personal site - Linux, Zaurus and PalmOS stuff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
