Re: [BackupPC-users] Merging backups

Michael Stowe wrote:

If it's the same data, why merge them at all?  Why not just delete the
superfluous backups?

I have a situation where a single laptop was replaced twice, but with
all the data ghosted from one laptop to another. The computer name was
then changed, and a new BackupPC entry created. I therefore have three
sets of non-overlapping backups in BackupPC, but they really refer to
the same set of data. How can I merge the three sets of backup data into
one set going forward?

Peter

The backups are not superfluous. The data changed between backups, and was updated on each of the laptops. However, the backups really refer to a single data set. I wish to preserve the old backups for reference and historical purposes, but I want to merge the three backup sets into one backup set. The situation is equivalent to having a single computer where the computer name was changed twice, and additional backuppc entries created for the changed computer names.

Peter

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