Robin Lee Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:33:47AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > This reminds me: is there some fundamental reason backuppc can't > > use symlinks? It would make so many things like this *so* much > > easier. It such a great package otherwise; this is the only thing > > that's given me cause to be annoyed with it. > > Still wondering this.
with hard links, you can tell that a file in the main pool is no longer needed, by looking at its link count. when the link count goes to 1, none of the per-PC backup trees is referencing it, so it can be deleted. (this is what the BackupPC_trashClean process does.) with symlinks, you wouldn't get that reference count, and "garbage collection" would be much more expensive. paul =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 33.6 degrees) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
