The whole history will be lost when following this procedure, which renders it inappropriate for backup repositories whose history actually exists.
However, if I get Tim right, he is talking about an interrupted _initial_ backup run. In this case, giving up the entire history obviously does not do any harm. Without any metadata (i.e. the rdiff-backup-data subfolder), afaik a forced rdiff-backup run will take whatever there is in the target folder as a base and won't retransfer existing parts. So my solution might be the right thing to do in this special case. Tim, just to let you know in addition: A more general solution that is resistant against transmission issues might actually be to 1) rdiff-backup to a local repository, followed by an 2) rsync to the remote box that causes the slow bandwidth. HTH David > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel....@nongnu.org [mailto:rdiff- > backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel....@nongnu.org] Im Auftrag von > Dominic Raferd > Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012 13:54 > An: rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > Betreff: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup > > What exactly needs to be deleted (i.e. the rdiff metadata)? What happens > to the data history (held in the rdiff-backup directory), is it still > all recoverable after you have followed this procedure? > > Dominic > > On 20/05/2012 12:34, D. Kriesel wrote: > > PS.: You might have to --force the backup, not sure, but I know it works ... > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel....@nongnu.org > > [mailto:rdiff- > >> backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel....@nongnu.org] Im Auftrag von D. > >> Kriesel > >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012 13:34 > >> An: 'tim'; rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > >> Betreff: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup > >> > >> Rdiff-backup takes any existing data as a base in a target dir that has to > >> be initialized, so just remove the rdiff-metadata from the target, while > >> keeping the data that has already been copied :-) > >> > >> Cheers > >> David > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > Wiki URL: http://rdiff- > backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
