>>>>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:30:18 +0200, Eric =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=B6se-Wolf?= said: > > Hello Everybody, > > I read somewhere in this list, that there had been flaws in the > detection if files have changed on windows clients. If you move a whole > folder windows will not set the timestamps correctly.
Yes. Even renaming individual files doesn't always change their timestamps. > I noticed the following: I did a fullbackup on a laptop, the day after > I used the laptop normally especially sending and getting mail. On the > next day I did an incremental backup, but Inbox.msf (Mozilla > Thunderbird) had not been backup'd this time, so I took a closer look at > the file. Windows gave me three timestamps "created", "changed", "last > accessed" > and "changed" was closely too "created" -- ok, blame windows or mozilla or > whoever, but not bacula. (Last accessed had been right.) > > But now I deleted all my backups, and tried the "estimate" command in the > "console", to see what would be backup'd this time. And the timestamps bacula > listed together with Inbox.msf was the timestamp windows gave me as "created" > timestamp. Had this been due to it was the first (database reinstalled) > backup? > > I checked another file, which was reported by windows with correct > "changed" timestamp, but in the bacula "console" listing of "estimate", > there was again the timestamp listed which corresponds to the window > "created" timestamp and not the "changed". > > Please, I'm not a programmer, so don't throw peaky details at me, but > what is an incremental backup worth, if files get backup'd up according > to their "created" timestamp? Yes, the output of estimate shows the "created" timestamp (that may be a bug). However, incremental/differential backups are triggered by either the "created" or "changed" timestamps. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
