This is normal. In 4.x just an attrib file captures all the information about which files are in that directory, with all their metadata (size, modes, links, xattrs etc). As you note, the file is actually empty and all that matters is the md5 digest in its name. That refers to the actual attribute file in the pool. This setup avoids using any hardlinks to represent duplicate files.
You can print the contents of the attrib file with BackupPC_attribPrint. That should show all the files and their metadata in that directory (assuming the backup is filled; if not the attrib file just includes files that are different from the next backup). Craig On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 9:17 AM David Hoskinson < david.hoskin...@astroshapes.com> wrote: > I am building a new backuppc server to replace a aging one that someone > else setup. The old one is 3.31 and i am using the latest 4.4.0. I have > it making backups but they seem extremely small since many of the backups > are around a terabyte in size. I noticed this as i was comparing a smaller > one that was backing up /var/lib/mysql/asterisk When i look at the old > system and navigate there i get down to the .MYD and MYI files that a mysql > should have. However on the new system all i have is a single > attrib_09984fb4670aaae1110ed45e91ab945a file of 0 bytes. The old one has > 788 files in that directory. However if i browse the backup on my new > system, it seems the files show in the tree. Is there something wrong here > or has something changed and this is normal. > > Thanks > > David Hoskinson > Systems Administrator > Ext 226 > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ >
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