Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-26 23:41:17
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps
From: "James Harper" <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au>
To: Júlio Maranhão <julio AT maranhao DOT us>, <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:37:22 +1000
> 
> Does anyone have more info about the following statement? It's a very old
> info.
> 
> From: http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Current_State_Bacula.html
> 
> "Bacula's Differential and Incremental backups are based on time
> stamps. Consequently, if you move files into an existing directory or
> move a whole directory into the backup fileset after a Full backup,
> those files will probably not be backed up by an Incremental save
> because they will have old dates. You must explicitly update the
> date/time stamp on all moved files (we have a project to correct
> this). "
> 

I think that the 'Accurate' option is what the "we have a project to correct 
this" refers to, and it does at the expense of a bit of extra disk activity and 
number crunching. Search for "Accurate" in the docs to find out more.

James

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