On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 02:50:30PM +0200, Michael Menge wrote: > Quoting Bron Gondwana <br...@fastmail.fm>: > > >Actually, really I'd like to create a new UNIQUEID - and store > >all the files in paths based on uniqueid rather than on folder > >name. This would not only mean renames could be fast and > >atomic, but that delayed delete would be fast. The downside is > >a more opaque filesystem layout. Oh, another upside - file path > >limitations don't exist so much any more. > > > > How do you restore a folder from a filebased backup? > Or exclude some folders form backup (e.g. trash folders)?
Tools :) More specfically, an actual backup command rather than doing file-based backups in the first place. That way we can do consistent snapshots. Bron.
