Re: [BackupPC-users] Duplicate files in pool with same CHECKSUM and same CONTENTS
2008-10-30 10:20:32
Tino Schwarze wrote at about 15:08:29 +0100 on Thursday, October 30, 2008:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 09:56:15AM -0400, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
>
> > > I'm not sure though, how the file name is derived, I found another file
> > > with same name but different MD5 sum:
> > > .../cpool/0/0 # md5sum 8/0084734e7242df0fbc186ba6741d1bab*
> > > db224998946bac7859f2448f41c58f88 8/0084734e7242df0fbc186ba6741d1bab
> > > d1d8f3a86ae5492de0bf11f5cfb45860 8/0084734e7242df0fbc186ba6741d1bab_0
> > >
> > > IIRC, BackupPC_nightly should perform chain cleaning.
> >
> > Well, I haven't noticed any change after it runs...
> > I think I'm even more confused now ;)
> > How can I troubleshoot this further?
>
> There's no trouble to shoot! ;-)
>
> Holger explained that the pool file name is based on a checksum of the
> first 256k of the file's content and the file's length, so collisions
> are normal and expected.
>
Except that it my case some of the duplicated checksums truly are the
same file (probably due to the link issue I am having)...
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