You're correct that you restart the same way as the initial command.
If the resulting file ends in .part, it is incomplete; if the file has the full name you specified for it without the .part, it is complete. (Standard advice to check by restoring from it applies. :) -M On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:39 AM, John Gamble <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marc, > Thanks for your reply and apologies for not noticing that bit in the manual. > So if I've understood it properly, the answer is yes, Tarsnap can re-start a > partial archive. I guess the command to re-start would be exactly the same > as the initial command. Would that be a fair assumption? > If this isn't a completely thick question, how would I know the archive was > now whole and complete? That is, no data missing or lost? > Regards, > John > ## > On 19 Mar 2014, at 14:31, Marc Hedlund <[email protected]> wrote: >> See "INTERRUPTING ARCHIVAL" at http://www.tarsnap.com/man-tarsnap.1.html >> >> >> -M >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:28 AM, John Gamble <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can anyone advise on the following please? >> >> In the event that a backup gets interrupted - either by technical problems >> or because it's taking so long and I want to switch off my computer - is >> Tarsnap able to pick up where it left off once the connection is >> re-established? Or would I have to start the backup all over again? >> >> What would be the command for re-starting an interrupted backup? >> >> Thanks for any advice on this matter. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> John Gamble >> >> >> >> >> -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research >> Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company >> registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 >> Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. >> > -------------------- > John Gamble > Senior Computer Biologist > Cancer Genome Project > Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute > Cambridge, UK > CB10 1SA > Tel: +44 (0)1223 - 834244 > Ext: 7703 > [email protected] > -- > The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research > Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a > company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered > office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.
