Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] does Bacula detect file renames?

2008-09-01 15:10:58
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] does Bacula detect file renames?
From: Eric Bollengier <eric AT eb.homelinux DOT org>
To: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:10:49 +0200
Le Monday 01 September 2008 11:55:47 Martin Simmons, vous avez écrit :
> >>>>> On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:43:13 -0700 (PDT), ebollengier  said:
> >
> > The accurate backup feature allow to handle deleted files, not files that
> > have been renamed.
>
> What does "handle" mean here?  Are you saying that restoring an accurate
> backup after rename recreates both files or just that the file is placed
> into the backup twice, once for each name?  I really hope you mean the
> latter...

See project file item #1 for further information.

> > You can implement this feature with a script that detect duplicate files
> > and make hardlinks.
> > After that, bacula will know that it's the same file, and will backup
> > only one version.
> >
> > Bye
> >
> > Frank Sweetser-2 wrote:
> > > Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> > >> How does this feature works? Does it simply checksum all files before
> > >> they are transferred, or does it use a bit of more intelligence
> > >> (trying to compare size, filenames, timestamps first etc.)?
> > >
> > > I haven't worked with this feature myself, but if you search through
> > > the mailing list archives for "accurate restore" you should be able to
> > > find the
> > > discussions on it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu  |  For every problem, there is a solution
> > > that
> > > WPI Senior Network Engineer   |  is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL
> > > Mencken
> > >      GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4  E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8
> > > 8CEC
> > >

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