Re: [BackupPC-users] Is there any way for BackupPC to restore hard links properly?
2008-11-10 12:40:50
Craig Barratt wrote:
> This results in one subtle bug that can't be easily fixed: if you
> switch the Xfer method from tar to rsync, old backups that have
> hardlinks stored with tar won't be correctly restored with rsync.
> The workaround is generate a tar file and extract it, or switch
> the Xfer method back to tar before you do the restore. The
> opposite case should work correctly.
>
> Craig
>
>
FYI,
If one does ever find themselves in the situation with a bunch of files
they need to re-hardlink, I found some great utilities to do that with:
Name : hardlink
Summary : Create a tree of hardlinks
URL : http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/hardlink/
License : GPL+
Description: hardlink is used to create a tree of hard links. It's used
by kernel installation to dramatically reduce
: the amount of diskspace used by each kernel package installed.
Name : fdupes
Version : 1.40
Summary : Finds duplicate files in a given set of directories
URL : http://netdial.caribe.net/~adrian2/fdupes.html
License : MIT
Description: FDUPES is a program for identifying duplicate files
residing within specified directories.
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