also sprach Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org> [2010.12.09.1538 
+0100]:
>  > I did a test run of this tool and it took 12 days to run across the
>  > pool. I cannot take the backup machine offline for so long. Is it
>  > possible to run this while BackupPC runs in the background?
> 
> It can run while backuppc is running though it will obviously miss
> some new files added by backuppc after you started running the
> program. My routine is non-destructive (it doesn't 'fix' anything) so
> it shouldn't conflict.

Oh, so how do I fix the problems it finds (there are plenty it
reports)?

> Or if you trust it to detect and fix it all in one step:
>    BackupPC_fixLinks.pl -f [> optional output file to capture all the
>    detections and status's]

Unfortunately, BackupPC_fixlinks.pl needs jLib.pm, which doesn't
seem to be in Debian's backuppc 3.1.0 :(


Btw, do you plan to track your very useful scripts in some sort of
VCS or integrate them with the BackupPC main source?

Thanks,

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