Marty writes: > Sorry, the explanation seems to be embarassingly simple -- I was > testing with incremental backups, and the tar method does not > fill in missing files older than the last full backup. Doing a > full backup solved the problem. > > I still don't understand why the subdirectories were transferred.
A tar incremental includes every directory, but only includes files whose mtime matches the limit on the command line. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
