C M Reinehr schrieb: > On Wednesday 16 January 2008 08:54, Ingo Jochim wrote: > >> Dan Langille schrieb: >> >>> Reply has been rearranged to retain chronological order. >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Ingo Jochim wrote: >>> >>>> Dan Langille schrieb: >>>> >>>>> Ingo Jochim wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I create hard links for the files I want to backup so that while I do >>>>>> the backup the files can get deleted by someone else. >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem is that on an incremental backup I get a backup of all >>>>>> the files again like I got on a full backup. >>>>>> I create all the hard links right before the backup. A hard link >>>>>> points to the same file with the same date and so. >>>>>> Why does bacula backup all the files again? >>>>>> >>>>> Because the dates on the hard links are newer than the previous backup. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Dan, >>>>> >>>>> a hard link looks like the original file. So it always should have the >>>>> same date. >>>>> Below you will see that the hard link (second line) has the same >>>>> date at >>>>> the "original" file. >>>>> I created the hard link today but it also has the date from november >>>>> the >>>>> 23th. >>>>> >>>>> Ingo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l file.JPG >>>>> -rw-rw-r-- 2 root root 314099 23. Nov 15:58 file.JPG >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l backup/file.JPG >>>>> -rw-rw-r-- 2 mother mother 314099 23. Nov 15:58 backup/file.JPG >>>>> >>> You create these hard links just before you run >>> each backup. Is that correct? >>> >> Correct. >> So I do like a snapshot. The original files can get deleted after the >> snapshot and I'm still able to finish my backup to tape. >> >> Ingo >> > > Ingo, > > While the modification time is that of the original file, the access time & > creation time are that of the link. > > cmr >
Ok. Got it. But how can I avoid that I get a new date? Is there a presereve parameter like on cp? Ingo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. 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
