On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 12:09:07PM +0100, D. Kriesel wrote: > > Oops, I meant to change that, I haven't added an exclude to the > > rdiff-backup command. What I have is an rsync across to the backup > > machine and then the rdiff-backup runs there. I though I had a --exclude > > in the rdiff-backup run but it's actually in the rsync. I only noticed > > this when I started composing the E-Mail and, as I said, forgot to > > change the subject. > > If you use rsync with exclusions AFTER rdiff-backup, what you get are > inconsistencies in the final rdiff repository and therefore pain in the ass > when verifying it. > If you first rsync and then rdiff-backup, you should be fine whatsoever. > > Long story short: Let only rdiff-backup perform operations whithin the > rdiff-backup repository. If you rsync the repository to some place excluding > parts of it, it will be like you deleted files out of it.
No, you've misunderstood (I think). I run a daily rsync from machineA/dirx to machineB/dirx. Then I run rdiff-backup on machineB from dirx to dirxbackup. So from rdiff-backup's point of view (if rsync is set up so that dirx on machineB is a genuine *mirror* of dirx on machineA) it just looks as if the files in question have been deleted by the user (or whatever). I'm not using rsync to copy the rdiff-backup archive. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ 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
