On 08/06/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 7, 2007, at 6:54 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > > >> Not a big deal except that I have my computer set up to use the C > >> drive > >> for the operating system *only*. These cache files just increase the > >> size of my system back-up and, of course, the time required to > >> make the > >> back-up. > > > > I have a similar problem though it's Picasa and Google Earth that > > pollute my system drive with huge cache/database files. The Google sub > > alone in my user profile is 1.65GB so incremental back-ups are > > impractical and there is no way to redirect the files. :-( > > I tell the Apple Backup application to exclude the subdirectories > that cache and temp files are stored in. There should be a way to do > that with any useful backup utility.
Of course I could do that but then my data wouldn't be backed up. My problem is that incremental back-ups are impractical (but preferable on a system drive as they allow regressive restoration) as they add to the previous back-up. Hence I have to execute a full back-up each time. If I could redirect them I could place them on secure drives and they wouldn't fragment my system drive and would save me a little time. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
