Les writes: > komodo wrote: > > Thanks, maybe i'm blind, but i don't see where is this written, there is > > only > > incrperiod and full period, but i don't want any full backups at all,except > > the first one ,so how should i configure this ? Should i set fullperiod to > > extremely high number ? I am using rsync so i think the age fo files is > > irrelevant, beacuse if i am right, then when i am using rsync, old files > > are > > deleted automaticaly. > > > > Note that with rsync, the comparison is done against the last full > backup so if you only do incrementals the amount of data transferred > will keep increasing as more files change. And with the other methods, > files with old timestamps in new locations will be missed in incrementals.
Actually, rsync incrementals (unlike tar or smb) will backup new files with old timestamps, and also detect deleted files. Your other point is right of course. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
