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Re: Using amrecover - strange happenings
2005-09-30 05:59:02
Steve H wrote:
in checking the Index files, I noticed that the actual
files had a different date on them (august 5th) while all the directories have
august 11th. This is bothering me because that shouldn't happen. Would Amanda
backup only the directories if the tape becomes full?
Actually, I'm under the impression that tar really notes all the
directories first in its tarball, and the files much later. Now,
directories (not their contents) are regularly backed up at each level,
I imagine because they seem to be changing; the files themselves are
correctly saved if they have changed since the last lower level.
Which means that you can get in your index files, a backup of the files
from august 5th because they changed on that day, and a backup of the
directories from august 11th without the files, because the files stayed
identical.
Alex
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