>
> The only issue is that it cannot remove existing
> files in the restore target directory (think "rsync -a --delete"), so be
> sure
> to restore to a basic OS install with nothing else on it.
>
> I have gotten around this by touching each file in the target, doing the
restore (which restores timestamps), and the searching for files that match
the timestamp of when I touched the files and deleting those files. ( I
actually move them to a holding directory just to be sure) This works well
and is pretty efficient because rsync already knows the timestamp as it is
part of the algorithm. There is a little i/o overhead but it is completely
hidden by i/o on the server side.
> I absolutely love BackupPC. I ran Bacula for 2 years before this, and have
> experience with several basic systems like rsync to disk and dump+tar to
> tape.
>
> tape sucks. Unpleasant in every way. I have to use a tru64 util vdump on
advfs volumes as all the tru64 restore tools rely on it (the good tools
anyway). I now do infrequent vdumps and frequent data backups with backuppc
so I can restore the OS, then update that restore from backuppc.
> Regards,
> Tyler
>
>
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