rouilj-backuppc AT renesys DOT com wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 06:57:39PM -0600, dan wrote:
>> this was on an rsync incremental.  There was no error in the Xfers log, it
>> is like the file was not there.  The atime on the file is from before the
>> backup so I know the file was there.  I have only seen this one time.
>>
>> The idea of marking it partial is that backuppc would then kick in on the
>> next wakeup and try to finish the job because there was not a completed
>> backup within the schedule.   Then the next backup would have very little to
>> transfer and may pick up the missing file.
> 
> Are you sure this wasn't a case of an incremental backup where the
> atime/mtime on the file was from before the prior incremental?  Rsync
> incrementals (IIRC) skip files that should have been captured in a
> prior incremental (or a prior full).

Even incrementals in rsync are supposed to check that a copy exists with 
the same mtime and file length in the previous full (or full or 
incremental if you are doing incremental levels).

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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