>>>>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:27:25 +0100, Jaap Stolk said: > > On 11/3/06, Jaap Stolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering if i could do without the differential backups altogether ? > > (in reply to my own post) > I did some more reading and found that the differential backup only > looks at the file date/time, exactly like the incremental backup. so > this is no reason to use a differential backup. > The other thing is a differential backup would reduce the number of > incremental backups i need to scan when restoring files, but since i > backup to a file this doesn't involve manual tape changes, so this is > also not a problem in my case. > > I think i can detect files that are missed in the incremental backup > (because of an old file timestamp) using a verify job, and either > manual or automatically touch these files, so they will be backed up > in the next incremental backup.
Unless you use the mtimeonly=yes option, I think that old files *will* backed up, provided that their ctimes are newer than the full backup. The ctime will be set when you unpack the zip. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
