Hi, On 11/5/2012 11:30 Bastien Rocheron wrote: > I'm trying to backup a directory with backup2l and I don't understand the > 'Backup parameters'. I don't understand the levels, max full backups... > because with the current settings I end up with my disk filled very > quickly. The directory is 1GB approx and every day backup2l eats up another > GB so I guess this is not quite differential.
What about the man page: The method of hierarchical differential backups is a generalization to the concept of the "daily", "weekly" and "monthly" backups. Each backup has a level and a serial number. Maximum-level backups are comparable with daily differential backups, level-0 backups are full backups. For example, let MAX_LEVEL be 4 and MAX_PER_LEVEL be 5. After 5 level-4 backups (e. g. after 5 days), a new level-3 backup is made. After 5 level-3 backups (and 5*5 at level-4), a new level-2 backup is made, and so on. Each differential backup contains the changes towards the previous backup of the same or a lower level. Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jojh4f$q54$1...@news.albasani.net
