> > If you're running >=v3 the following option will make all the incrementals
> > sync against the previous incremental, instead of the last full. This keeps
> > them from growing quite as quickly. (It's the behavior you expect from
> > rsync).
> > 
> > $Conf{IncrLevels} = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
> > 
> I was under the assumption that BackupPC never transfers the same file 
> twice unless it changed after the last backup (either full or 
> incremental), even in the 2.x version.  Was that an invalid assumption 
> on my part?

That is incorrect. Backuppc does its incrementals against the last full; not
against the previous incremental (unless you set $Conf{IncrLevels} = [1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6];).

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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