Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Strange situation with backups

2010-11-30 17:21:50
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Strange situation with backups
From: "James Harper" <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au>
To: "Phil Stracchino" <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>, <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 09:18:31 +1100
> 
> The next Full backup will pick it up.  If you want them backed up
before
> then, you need to change the modification date on all the files to
> "now".  On any Unix-like system, 'touch' can do this for you.  I'm not
> sure how you'd accomplish it on Windows.
> 

Windows uses the 'archive' bit for this purpose. Any file that gets
changed gets the archive bit set. Any file backed up gets it cleared.
Bacula doesn't use that though.

What Bacula can do is 'accurate' backup which checks more than just the
last modified date.

James

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