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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc: Limit on the depth of folders backed up?

2009-05-15 17:07:11
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc: Limit on the depth of folders backed up?
From: Matthias Meyer <matthias.meyer AT gmx DOT li>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 22:59:44 +0200
Dean Lambourn wrote:

> All,
> 
> Is there a limit on the folder depth for backups? I recently noticed
> that on at least one system not all files were being backed up despite
> the backup being listed as successful.  On the system in question,
> backup files exist in this folder:
> 
>  fC$/fDocuments and Settings/fromelas/fApplication
> Data/fThunderbird/fProfiles/fyjiupmno.default/fMail/fLocal
> Folders/fCustomers.sbd/fOverstock.sbd/
> 
> But when you go 1 level deeper:
> 
>  fC$/fDocuments and Settings/fromelas/fApplication
> Data/fThunderbird/fProfiles/fyjiupmno.default/fMail/fLocal
> Folders/fCustomers.sbd/fOverstock.sbd/fUIR EMWs.sbd/
> 
> There are no files in the backup even though folders exist for deeper
> levels.
> 
> fC$/fDocuments and Settings/fromelas/fApplication
> Data/fThunderbird/fProfiles/fyjiupmno.default/fMail/fLocal
> Folders/fCustomers.sbd/fOverstock.sbd/fUIR
> EMWs.sbd/f2009-01.sbd/fRELEASED.sbd
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 

Maybee you should check your excludes?
I have more folders backed up. I use rsync for backup. But rsync have a
problem with filenames longer than 256 char.

br
Matthias
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