Craig Barratt wrote: > This results in one subtle bug that can't be easily fixed: if you > switch the Xfer method from tar to rsync, old backups that have > hardlinks stored with tar won't be correctly restored with rsync. > The workaround is generate a tar file and extract it, or switch > the Xfer method back to tar before you do the restore. The > opposite case should work correctly. > > Craig > > FYI,
If one does ever find themselves in the situation with a bunch of files they need to re-hardlink, I found some great utilities to do that with: Name : hardlink Summary : Create a tree of hardlinks URL : http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/hardlink/ License : GPL+ Description: hardlink is used to create a tree of hard links. It's used by kernel installation to dramatically reduce : the amount of diskspace used by each kernel package installed. Name : fdupes Version : 1.40 Summary : Finds duplicate files in a given set of directories URL : http://netdial.caribe.net/~adrian2/fdupes.html License : MIT Description: FDUPES is a program for identifying duplicate files residing within specified directories. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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/
