Dan Langille schrieb:

(...)

> Bacula will backup everything in a Full backup.

Hmm, does "Bacula will backup everything in a Full backup" mean "it will 
transfer *everything* over network, even if the same files in the same 
location were in the previous full backup?


> For the next Incremental or Differential, it uses mtime.  That is, the 
> last time the file was modified.  If the mtime has not changed, the file 
> will not be backed up, regardless of name.
> 
> So, for your example: if the file is copied, mtime [usually] changes. So 
> it will be included in the next inc/diff backup.  Renaming a file does 
> not change mtime.  Therefore the renamed file will not be included in 
> the next inc/diff backup.
> 
> Referring to another post of yours: the "accurate restore" mentioned by 
> Frank will still continue to backup files that are identical.  That is, 
> if you have 10 files that contain identical content, all ten will be 
> backed up.

Yes, I also expect to find all these files in backup.
The problem is, I don't want to transfer all these files again and again 
if the same file is already in the pool.


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org




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