My guess is that your file /usr/home/dan/.touch_a_file_to_force_backupes has zero length.
If so, then it is a "feature" because jobbytes is 0 (see update_bootstrap_file). __Martin >>>>> On Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:27:02 -0500, Dan Langille said: > > If files were backed up, should the .bsr file be updated? > > [bacula dan /usr/local/bacula/bsr] % ls -l *mydev* > -rw-r----- 1 bacula bacula 5948 2023.03.03 03:05 mydev-fd_mydev_basic.bsr > -rw-r----- 1 bacula bacula 3844 2023.03.02 03:05 > mydev-fd_mydev_home_dir.bsr > > The second file was not updated today. > > Yet, a job ran today and backed up a file: > > *llist files jobid=352170 > +-----------------------------------------------+ > | filename | > +-----------------------------------------------+ > | /usr/home/dan/.touch_a_file_to_force_backupes | > +-----------------------------------------------+ > jobid: 352,170 > job: mydev_home_dir.2023-03-03_03.05.00_33 > name: mydev home dir > purgedfiles: 0 > type: B > level: I > clientid: 52 > clientname: mydev-fd > jobstatus: T > schedtime: 2023-03-03 03:05:00 > starttime: 2023-03-03 03:05:08 > endtime: 2023-03-03 03:05:09 > realendtime: 2023-03-03 03:05:09 > jobtdate: 1,677,812,709 > volsessionid: 460 > volsessiontime: 1,676,583,692 > jobfiles: 1 > jobbytes: 0 > readbytes: 0 > joberrors: 0 > jobmissingfiles: 0 > poolid: 24 > poolname: IncrFile > priorjobid: 0 > filesetid: 294 > fileset: mydev home dir > hasbase: 0 > hascache: 0 > comment: > > The job: > > Job { > Name = "mydev home dir" > JobDefs = "DefaultJob" > Client = mydev-fd > FileSet = "mydev home dir" > } > > The file set for that job: > > > FileSet { > Name = "mydev home dir" > Include { > Options { > signature=MD5 > verify=pnugsmcs5 > } > Exclude Dir Containing = .NOBACKUP > > File = /usr/home > } > Exclude { > File = *~ > } > } > > Job defs: > > JobDefs { > Name = "DefaultJob" > Type = Backup > Level = Incremental > Schedule = "WeeklyCycle" > Storage = CreyFile > Messages = Standard > > Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/bsr/%c_%n.bsr" > > Pool = FullFile # required parameter for all Jobs > > Full Backup Pool = FullFile > Differential Backup Pool = DiffFile > Incremental Backup Pool = IncrFile > > Priority = 10 > > # don't spool date when backing up to disk > Spool Data = no > Spool Attributes = yes > > PreferMountedVolumes = no > } > > > > > > > -- > Dan Langille > d...@langille.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users