13.02.2013 23:53, Josh Fisher kirjoitti: > On 2/13/2013 8:29 AM, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> I have a backup job using Accurate=Yes and that job backs up Maildirs on >> my server. >> >> I have not tested what happens to message time stamps when Dovecot moves >> files from folder to another. Is there any special considerations to >> make this work with Backula? >> >> Does anyone has any experince with this kind of backup. I want Bacula >> incremental to backup the moved files in the new folder, and removed (as >> in Accurate) them from the old folders. How does Dovecot maintain the >> date time attributes on the files, and does Bacule see the transactions >> properly. I fear that Dovecot might not change the time stamps, and >> Bacula incremental dies not see the messages. >> > Dovecot copies the file from folder1 to folder2, changes the mtime of > the file in folder2 to match the original file, and then renames the > original file in folder1 to flag it as deleted but not yet purged. This > means that both files will have their ctime updated and an incremental > will back both up. Of course, if the user purges the folder then the > original file in folder1 will be deleted, and in that case the deletion > will be handled by Accurate=Yes. > > Dovecot doesn't much care about filesystem times because it encodes > date/time, flags, and whatever it cares about into the actual name of > the file. > >
Thanks, Josh! -- "I am sorry..... The E1505 is a mystery" Husse Jul 5 2007
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