On 04/30/14 10:46, Ali Khalfan wrote: > let's say I do this: > > tarsnap -c -f mybackup /usr/home /other/stuff > > then another day I do > > tarsnap -c -f anotherbackup /morestuff > > will this also backup the changes in /usr/home and /other/stuff ?
No. If you want /usr/home and /other/stuff to be part of anotherbackup, you should list them on the tarsnap command line. > and what happens if I delete the first archive mybackup That archive gets deleted, leaving anotherbackup behind (which contains /morestuff). -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
