BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Merging backups

2009-10-16 12:45:49
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Merging backups
From: "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler AT tolaris DOT com>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:41:16 +0100
Isn't this just a matter renaming/moving directories in /var/lib/backuppc/pc?

mv /var/lib/backuppc/pc/hostname2/0 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/hostname1/31

etc.  Plus the logs.

Tyler

On Friday 16 October 2009 16:24:07 Peter Walter wrote:
> 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
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