>>>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:53:47 +0100, Michel said: > > I read in the bacula docs that incremental backups use modification > times to decide if it or doesn't backup. For example and as it is said > in the doc, a "mv" on a directory doesn't change the modification time. > So, if I am not wrong, incremental backup are not accurate? > If this is true, how do you come over this? (except avoiding the use of > "mv")
Incremental backups use the ctime as well as the mtime by default, so it depends on whether mv changes the ctime (some file systems do, some don't). If Bacula does detect the moved file then there is also a problem with restoring from incrementals, because it will create two copies of the file, with the old and the new names. There is currently no way around this, so regular full backups are advisable. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
