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Re: [BackupPC-users] Compare backups without restoring

2012-04-01 04:18:29
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Compare backups without restoring
From: Dan Johansson <Dan.Johansson AT dmj DOT nu>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:17 +0200
On Saturday 31 March 2012 10.45:25 Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dan Johansson <Dan.Johansson AT dmj DOT nu> 
> wrote:
> >>
> > The talk about backuppc-fuse sounds VERY interesting (instead of running 
> > "BackupPC_tarCreate -h host1 -n 887 -s /usr . | tar xf -" to a temporary 
> > filesystem),
> > I did a quick search on the net and it looks like there are some different 
> > versions around (Pieter Wuille's from Nov 2009 and unixtastic.com from Nov 
> > 2008).
> > Are there other "newer" around? Does the one from Pieter work with BPC 
> > 3.2.1?
> 
> I haven't tried the fuse approach, but note that for single
> directories, you can use the 'history' link to see which files have
> changed and when, and gnu tar has a --compare option so you could
> generate a stream via ssh/BackupPC_tarCreate and compare to the
> current filesystem or at least only have to restore one.

Yes, I know about those two, but the thing that I am trying to do is to do a 
backup of the backup to a remote location (Amazon S3) and that in a format 
where I _do not_ need BackupPC to restore.
So, once again: Anyone using "BackupPC_fuse" with BPC 3.2.1? Which 
"BackupPC-fuse" one are you using?

-- 
Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu>
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