My understanding is that with tar and smb, all files are downloaded (and
then discarded if they're already in the pool).  Rsync is smart enough,
though, not to download files already in the pool.

-Rob

David Koski wrote:
> I have been trying to get a good backup with backuppc (2.1.1) but it has been
> taking days.  I ran a dump on the command line so I could see what is going
> on and I see the files that are in the pool are being downloaded.  For 
> example:
>
>   pool     700   511/100    80392222 home/daler/My 
> Documents/DRAWINGS/Lakeport/Pics/C_03.tif
>
> This is a large file and at 750kb/s takes a while.  Is this expected?  I 
> thought if
> they are in the pool they do not need to be downloaded.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David Koski
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