Thanks everyone for the fast responses. That makes sense, I'm backing up the
localhost, so I must have a bunch of files that have the same content.
One more question, after the full backup, I immediately start an incremental
backup and still see existing files reported, even though I haven't changed
anything. Does this have to do with merging? I'm not sure why I'd see
existing files if nothing has changed since the full backup. Thanks.
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tim Stowell wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > BackupPC seems to be working great, however even on a fresh initial full
> > backup, it reports there are existing files. How can that be if it's the
> > first backup? Thanks for the info.
>
> That means you had duplicate files - and the second copy was an existing
> file when it was processed. Backuppc will find all matching files and
> save space by linking to a single common copy.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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