I'm curious about how tar is determining directory renames in
incremental backups. Is this by inode number, and the messages below
are informative only?
From a strict name-only point of view, the rename detection below is
incorrect (names of IMAP directories "new", "cur", and "tmp", after
rename of any parent directories, would remain the same):
gtar: .../Maildir/.Archives/cur: Directory has been renamed from
`.../Maildir/.Archives.2009/new'
gtar: .../Maildir/.Archives/new: Directory has been renamed from
`.../Maildir/.Archives.2009/tmp'
gtar: .../Maildir/.Archives/tmp: Directory has been renamed from
`.../Maildir/.Archives.2009'
If the messages are simply informative that the name previously
corresponding to the inode is different across incremental backup runs,
it seems there's nothing to worry about?
If you could help clarify, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
--
Mike
