BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Existing files in an empty pool

2013-08-28 16:06:00
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Existing files in an empty pool
From: Andy Taylor <andy AT tayble DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:02:29 +0100
On 2013-08-28 20:10, backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote at about 08:02:35 -0500 on Wednesday, August 28, 
> 2013:
> > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Andy Taylor <andy AT tayble DOT com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply Les. I did a bit more digging and it turns 
> out the
> > > 'New Files' count includes new 'attrib' files which BackupPC 
> creates. I
> > > just ran this from the pc/example.hostname/0 directory:
> > >
> > > find . -name 'attrib' | wc -l
> > >
> > > Which returned 2501. If I do the following calculation:
> > >
> > > Total files + New attrib files - Existing files
> > >
> > > so in this case,
> > >
> > > 3184 + 2501 - 673
> > >
> > > I get 5012, the same as the 'New Files' count.
> > >
> > > So it would seem that the 'Totals' file count only includes files 
> from
> > > the actual transfer, while the 'New Files' count includes any 
> attrib
> > > files that BackupPC creates, which is a bit confusing. It would 
> seem
> > > more logical to either exclude BackupPC's internal files like 
> attrib
> > > from the counts entirely, or to at least make it consistent and add 
> it
> > > to the Totals count as well.
> > >
> > > Still no clue about where it got the existing file count from... 
> there
> > > are no 'pool' operations in the transfer log at all.
> > >
> >
> > I think the attrib files are pooled too.
> 
> They are indeed. In fact, every non-zero length file below the
> <host>/<backup #> level is pooled with the single exception of the
> backupInfo file.
> 

Great, thanks for the help with this guys, much appreciated.

Andy

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