On 12-08-27 09:57 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:19 AM, martin f krafft <madd...@madduck.net> wrote: >> >> However, the status quo seems broken to me. If BackupPC times out on >> a backup and stores a partial backup, it should be able to resume >> the next day. But this is not what seems to happen. The log seems to >> suggest that each backup run uses the previous full backup (#506, >> not the partial backup #507) as baseline: >> >> full backup started for directory / (baseline backup #506) > Rsync should resume a partial, and probably would if you did not have > any other fulls. I'm not sure how it decides which to use as the base > in that case. >
I've found it doesn't always do this. The fix I've used is to --exclude a good chunk of the backup so it does finish in a day, then --exclude a little less the next time it runs, and so forth. Unfortunately it's a slow, manual process.. but it works! -- Looking for (employment|contract) work in the Internet industry, preferrably working remotely. Building / Supporting the net since 2400 baud was the hot thing. Ask for a resume! ispbuil...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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/