Mauro Condarelli wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I installed backuppc on a fairly up-to-date ubuntu 8.10 machine to
> backup it and a few other machines on my home LAN.
> I'm using a fairly large (1.5T) eSATA external disk (formatted ext3) for
> the data pool.
> My data pool is essentially static, but, all the same, every time I
> backup the pool decreases dramatically, just like it copied over the
> same files instead of using links.

If you use a packaged install like those included with Linux 
distributions, you can't change the storage location, so if you use an 
external disk you have to mount or symlink it at the expected directory:

http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/change+archive+directory

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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