Hi, Dean Lambourn wrote on 2009-05-15 13:11:43 -0700 [[BackupPC-users] Backuppc: Limit on the depth of folders backed up?]: > Is there a limit on the folder depth for backups?
there is no explicit limit (as in "max. 15 levels"), but the operating system storing the pool will have a limit on the maximum path length. BackupPC file name mangling always makes a path longer (by adding an "f" every level and prepending $topDir/pc/$host/$num/), so you might run into a problem if you have *extremely* long paths (on my system, limits.h shows PATH_MAX to be 4096) or maximally size path components (NAME_MAX = 255). Highly unlikely, if you ask me. > I recently noticed > that on at least one system not all files were being backed up despite > the backup being listed as successful. On the system in question, > backup files exist in this folder: > > fC$/fDocuments and Settings/fromelas/fApplication > Data/fThunderbird/fProfiles/fyjiupmno.default/fMail/fLocal > Folders/fCustomers.sbd/fOverstock.sbd/ > > But when you go 1 level deeper: > > fC$/fDocuments and Settings/fromelas/fApplication > Data/fThunderbird/fProfiles/fyjiupmno.default/fMail/fLocal > Folders/fCustomers.sbd/fOverstock.sbd/fUIR EMWs.sbd/ > > There are no files in the backup even though folders exist for deeper > levels. You are probably looking at an incremental backup for which no files in this directory needed to be backed up. Look at the web interface instead. It will fill in unchanged files from the previous backup for you. Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ 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/
