Re: [BackupPC-users] Discrepant file size reports of backups

Thanks for the clarification

Enviado desde mi iPhone

El 16/10/2009, a las 17:33, Tino Schwarze <backuppc.lists AT tisc DOT de>  
escribió:

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 05:16:57PM +0200, Cesar Kawar wrote:
>
>>> sd AT pm7 DOT ch wrote on 2009-10-16 02:05:07 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
>>> Discrepant file size reports of backups]:
>>>> [...]
>>>> Both directories are in the same filesystem and the path was most
>>>> likely
>>>> changed right after the installation.
>>>
>>> /var/lib/backuppc and /usr/share/backuppc/data ? That would be the
>>> root file
>>> system. It's not really a good idea to put your pool on the rootfs.
>>>
>>>> I don't fully understand why the changed path is a problem in this
>>>> case,
>>>
>>> Neither do I, but I remember that it *is* a problem. You can have a
>>> link for
>>> $TopDir (i.e. $TopDir = '/var/lib/backuppc' and /var/lib/backuppc  
>>> is a
>>> softlink to somewhere), but softlinks below $TopDir don't seem to  
>>> work
>>> (whatever the reason was), even if they remain within one file  
>>> system.
>>
>> I've been using softlink to store BackupPC's storage on other disks
>> and partitions for years with no problems at all.
>
> Note the very important detail: It is SAFE to softlink $TopDir  
> directly,
> e.g. have a softlink /var/lib/backuppc which points to
> /mnt/somewhere/else.
>
> The actual requirement is: everything below $TopDir needs to be on the
> same file system so hardlinks work.
>
> HTH,
>
> Tino.
>
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