Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Incremental Backup / Moved File doesn't get stored in the backup

2010-11-23 11:43:50
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Incremental Backup / Moved File doesn't get stored in the backup
From: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:39:09 GMT
>>>>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:15:17 +0100, martinezino  said:
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> i started using bacula a couple of weeks ago and i am very satisfied.
> 
> Today i noticed on doing an incremental backup that a file that was  
> moved
> from one directory to another doesn't get stored in the backup?
> 
> After doing a "touch" on the file - it got saved into the backup  
> (incremental).
> 
> For my sense of a backup this should be done without touching the  
> file, because
> the director content changed ...
> 
> Do i miss here something?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> PM
> 
> PS: bacula-fd on osx/hfs, atime is enabled

That is because hfs doesn't change the ctime when you move a file, so bacula
ignores the file.  You could try using accurate mode, which should fix this.

http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_3_0_0.html#SECTION00810000000000000000

__Martin

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