BackupPC-users

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

2009-10-17 08:11:14
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Discrepant file size reports of backups
From: Stefan Dürrenberger <sd AT pm7 DOT ch>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:07:19 +0200
Thanks a lot for all of your help. I should now be able to fix my
problem . 
I still think it's a bit strange you can't relocate a directory by
changing the path in the config. But now that I know, using links is not
a problem.


thank you all and have a nice day

stefan



Am Freitag, den 16.10.2009, 08:00 -0500 schrieb Les Mikesell:
> Holger Parplies wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> If you install from source from the sourceforge code, there is an
> install step 
> that modifies something in the code with the location you choose for
> the 
> directory. However, packaged installs (.deb/.rpm) have already done
> this step 
> so you can't alter the location. But I thought this was changed in the
> latest 
> version. Regardless, the easy approach is to mount the filesystem you
> want to 
> use at /var/lib/backuppc before installing the package.
> 



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