On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:56 -0500, Mike Reinehr wrote: > On Friday 15 July 2005 05:53 am, Mario Ohnewald wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > at the moment i am backing up folder > > /home/user/test > > > > it works well. > > But when i move some files from a diffrent folder into my backup test > > folder like this: > > > > mv /tmp/trash_big_files /home/user/test > > > > and i run my inc backup again, then bacula fails to backup those > > trash_big_files. > > > > > > When i do a > > dmesg > /home/user/test/test.dmesg > > and i run an inc job, then bacula reconizes the new files, and includes > > them. > > > > > > Is this normal? > > > > Thanks, Mario > > Mario, > > It would appear that when doing an incremental backup bacula is > checking the > mtime attribute, rather than the ctime attribute of the file. A work-around > would be to first cp the file & then remove the original, rather than > performing a mv.
In my eyes this is a huge "bug". Lets says you have a big home directory with a couple of projects and sourcecode files in there, and you reorganize the folder structure and you move some files and folders around. All this then would NOT be included in a backup! What's the point of a backup then? Thanks, Mario ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
