Tim Stowell wrote:
> 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.
>
Which xfer method are you using? I think tar sets the timestamp of an
incremental to slightly before the previous full run started, so you
could have some overlap if your incremental follows immediately. Rsync
knows the exact file timestamps that you got in the full so it should be
more precise.
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Les Mikesell
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