Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] fat32 incrementals backup too much

2011-09-26 14:13:09
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] fat32 incrementals backup too much
From: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:10:32 +0100
>>>>> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:15:00 -0700, scar  said:
> 
> i've got an external disk that is formatted fat32 which makes it easy to
> transfer files between macs, PCs, and my linux workstations.  i've
> defined a backup job for it that i run manually.  i plug the disk into
> my linux workstation which is running the director and its own fd
> service, v5.0.1, and then i manaully run the backup.  i'm noticing that
> a huge number of files that haven't been modified are getting sucked
> into the incremental.  the modification time on the files hasn't
> changed, so i'm wondering what is causing these files to get backed up
> again?

Any particular types of file?

Check the ctimes (ls -lc).

__Martin

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