-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
David Sickmiller wrote on 2008-06-07: | I'm using rdiff-backup to run a nightly backup across the Internet from | a production server to a backup server. I'd like to be able to produce | monthly snapshots and save them on removable media. It'd really be | great if I could make these snapshots on the backup server, generate | them from past revisions, and keep all the meta data. | | I think I can generate an archive of the current mirror just by making a | tar file of it, although I'm not sure if that preserves the meta data. | I know it's possible to restore an old revision from rdiff-backup to a | regular filesystem, but I don't believe one can "restore" into a file. | (It's possible to use FUSE to mount a tar file, but the file ownership | and permissions don't work.) I've been searching online but haven't | found much to fit this need. I find this a bit surprising... am I | mistaken to think I want this functionality? I'm looking for the exact same thing - did you get any useful response? Or did you come up with an idea? Thanks, Patrick. - -- Key ID: 0x86E346D4 http://patrick-nagel.net/key.asc Fingerprint: 7745 E1BE FA8B FBAD 76AB 2BFC C981 E686 86E3 46D4 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhYzIwACgkQyYHmhobjRtRZLwCghiV/jn3ZbhsnEMBOOLVubP+Q FCAAnR9XF+jDJSe9HhYslRaq+jImIeiq =0OZt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
