Hi Guillaume, Thanks to you and to Craig for your replies.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Guillaume Filion > Sent: 22 February 2006 19:20 > To: BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC_link > > > Khaled Hussain a écrit : > > So I take it that this is a single unique copy of every file > regardless of > > host and permissions/timestamps. > > Yes, and it's a unique copy regardless of filename too. > > > Yes, I am always able to restore backed up files without any > issues so the > > backups are fine. However, if I was to move the cpool (currently on root > > partition) to the md0 device, I understand that the old backups > will not be > > affected and all new backups should be linked successfully. The > old backups > > will gradually expire away leaving more recent backups with > hardlinked files > > in the pool; this will clear the server of duplicate data...is > this correct? > > Yes. > > > Why would it matter that cpool is on a different filesystem since > > backupPC_link uses pool, which is on the same filesystem? > > I'm pretty sure that you're not using pool at all. As Craig said, you > can only use cpool or pool, but not both. Recent versions of BackupPC > always use cpool. > > > I would be grateful if you could give me a clearer definition > for 'hardlink' > > to clarify backupPC's operation in my head. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link > > Best, > GFK's > -- > Guillaume Filion, ing. jr > Logidac Tech., Beaumont, Québec, Canada - http://logidac.com/ > PGP Key and more: http://guillaume.filion.org/ Regards Khaled ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
