dan ritter writes: > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 11:48:52AM -0400, dan moylan wrote:
> > > looking at the sizes of the directories created by > > > backintime i am puzzled by a directory which shows up as > > > 86M in one instance and 35G in another. can someone > > > please explain what's going on. > > > moylan 1[1630] ls > > > 20170607-120002-419/ 20170607-230005-357/ b1* last_snapshot@ > > > moylan 1[1631] du -s * > > > 35G 20170607-120002-419 > > > 86M 20170607-230005-357 > > > 4.0K b1 > > > 0 last_snapshot > > > moylan 1[1632] du -s 20170607-230005-357/ > > > 35G 20170607-230005-357/ > > > moylan 1[1633] du -s ../ > > > 35G ../ > > I don't know backintime, but I'm guessing it uses links to > > do file-level snapshots. Bet there's a FAQ. > yes, true enough, and i understand that. it's the performance > of du that i don't understand -- look at the two cases: > this shows the actual storage, 86M assigned to > 20170607-230005-357. > > moylan 1[1631] du -s * > > 35G 20170607-120002-419 > > 86M 20170607-230005-357 > > 4.0K b1 > > 0 last_snapshot > this shows the primary backup storage also assigned to > 20170607-230005-357. > > moylan 1[1632] du -s 20170607-230005-357/ > > 35G 20170607-230005-357/ > > now why is that? > Because hardlinks. Explained in a FAQ. I googled "backintime > faq" and got a faq which said to try this: > du -hd1 /media/<USER>/backintime/<HOST>/<USER>/1/ i have known from the beginning that the problem had something to do with hard links. i tried your suggested command but it showed the same. moylan 1[1658] ls 20170607-120002-419/ 20170607-230005-357/ 20170608-120007-246/ b1* last_snapshot@ moylan 1[1659] du -s * 35G 20170607-120002-419 86M 20170607-230005-357 80M 20170608-120007-246 4.0K b1 0 last_snapshot moylan 1[1660] du -hd1 20170607-230005-357/ 35G 20170607-230005-357/backup 35G 20170607-230005-357/ moylan 1[1661] du -s 20170607-230005-357/ 35G 20170607-230005-357/ let it be acknowledged that i am naieve, but i expect either of the last two commands to show 86M, and neither does, whilst du -s * does. still puzzled. ole dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-777-0207 (cel) [email protected] www.moylan.us [no html pls] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
