Zitat von Dan Langille <d...@langille.org>: > On 2012-11-15 23:46, Gary R, Schmidt wrote: >> On 16.11.2012 13:52, Wouter van Marle wrote: >> [SNIP] >>> Result: yesterday I moved a big mail folder with subfolders, causing >>> the >> You *moved* a directory, and you are surprised that the files in it >> are >> being backed up? > > If I recall correctly, this has long been described as a 'bug' by some, > but not as you describe. > > From > http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.html > > "In addition, if you move a directory rather than copy it, the files in > it do > not have their modification time (st_mtime) or their attribute change > time > (st_ctime) changed. As a consequence, those files will probably not be > backed > up by an Incremental or Differential backup which depend solely on > these time > stamps. If you move a directory, and wish it to be properly backed up, > it is > generally preferable to copy it, then delete the original." > > What we are seeing here is the opposite of that. > >> Bacula has never seen these files in that location before, if it >> *didn't* back them up that would be a total failure. > > What is described above is not the expected behavior. In fact, it's > the opposite > of the expected behavior, given that Bacula, by default, use mtime to > decide what > to backup with an incremental/differential. It does not use 'have I > seen this file > here before'. I believe that's an 'accurate backup' option.
You are right. On second thought it is more obvious that st_ctime is *not* changed because the inode pointing to the directory is changed on move, not the directory inode itself i guess. So maybe the OP has done a "mv" across mount points? On what filesystem was this behaviour observed by the way? Regards Andreas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
