In our previous episode (Friday, 29-Mar-2013), Stefano Mori said: > > backupd's log shows "thinning..." messages, but they seem to appear very > quickly in succession, > > far faster than I'd imagine an > > rm -fR timestamped_dir > > could manage. > > How does Time Machine thin/delete directory trees so fast? Is there some > special magic??
Thin != delete. Thinning is removing the entries from the database, as I recall. -- 'But look,' said Ponder, 'the graveyards are full of people who rushed in bravely but unwisely.' 'Ook.' 'What did he say?' said the Bursar. 'I think he said, "Sooner or later the graveyards are full of everybody".' _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
