Thanks. So I've got: /home/eric/repository/budget/index.php /home/eric/repository/budget/rdiff-backup-data /homer/eric/repository/experiment/rdiff-backup-data etc.
It should be OK to run rdiff-backup on /home/eric in that case? On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 16:39 +0000, Dominic Ferard wrote: > The only thing to avoid is having a directory called 'rdiff-backup-data' > directly off the root directory of the source. Because when you use > rdiff-backup it creates such a directory in the destination and uses it > to keep old versions of files. Otherwise I *think* it should be fine... > > Dominic > > > > On 07/02/2013 11:48, Eric Beversluis wrote: > > Hope this makes sense: > > > > I use rdiff-backup as a kind of version control for particular folders > > in my Apache document root, rdiff-ing them several times a day to a > > folder in my Home directory, which I call "repository." > > > > I'm wondering if there's any problem with including that repository > > sub-directory when I do a general rdiff backup of my stuff, that is, > > whether there's a problem with using rdiff-backup on files that are > > themselves rdiff-backup files? (In which case I would exclude that > > directory as I also include the document root in my backup.) > > > > Thanks > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
