-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alessio Oss wrote: >>> Why? Other people have the same problem? >> Why? Because you're using SMB, which is using time/date stamps to >> determine what goes in the incremental backup, and the files haven't >> changed. > > Why not? > They are the same but are on a different position and despite i think
Right, they are the same (old) timestamp, hence they are skipped from the new incremental backup. > that if the system intends to mantain the old files due to the fact that > they are the same it should show the new positions withouth copying > the old files but linking anyway to the same inode. Except "the system" doesn't know about the new position, because no files have even been backed up in this new position. > in this case we have no transfer and a backup of the real situation. That would be ideal, but is not the case. > If i have many files i'm not sure that the backup does the right thing. Correct, so you have a couple of choices (detailed below) > I understand that this is not a problem but visually is very strange to > find that the reshuffled dir results empty. > Any hint? Yes, 2 in fact. 1) Use rsync for backups 2) >> So if you're going to go around reshuffling directories and >> using SMB, you're best off doing a full backup afterward. Or, 3) Read the documentation that tells you that incremental tar/smb backups will miss files with old timestamps, which usually occur when renaming/moving files/directories, or un-archiving files. Of course, there are other methods of creating files with an old timestamp where this can occur as well. If it is really a problem, make all backups a full, or use another protocol which can test for files based on data other than just timestamp (ie, rsync) Regards, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkqT/egACgkQGyoxogrTyiVaugCfUg5jjKlW2qfQOhztL19Hetrh /H0An1ZOJMBGYWybX4Br18s0CwH3bZye =z80Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
