On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Suppose an administrator is doing backups.  You create "backupsnap" and
> start copying it to tape.  Meanwhile, a user renames a directory.  Suddenly
> ...
>
> That user's files are not included in the snapshot anymore.  Not getting
> backed up.

The creation of a snapshot is atomic.  I don't think that can happen.

Tom

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