On 6/20/05, Maurits van Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 12:15:03PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > > I am looking at Bacula > > > > but the line > > > > # Files deleted after a Full save will be included in a restoration. > > > > in > > > > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Current_State_Bacula.html > > > > under > > > > Current Implementation Restrictions > > > > makes me a little apprhensive. > > I read this as: you make a backup on Monday. You delete some files on > Tuesday. You restore from backup on Wednesday and this will restore > all files including the deleted ones. Usually getting back a deleted > file is why you backup in the first place. So this seems normal > behaviour. > > > Is there a backup utility that can backup not only files but even > > directory structures itsself? > > > > i.e > > > > If in a Directory "dir1" I have "file1", "file2", "file3" and I take a > > full backup "backup1" on "Day1" the I delete "file2" from "dir1" and > > take a differential backup "backup2". > > What has this got to do with directory structure? Backing up the > directory structure of dir1 to me would mean backing up dir1 and all > its files and all subdirectories of dir1 with their files (and their > subdirectories, etc). > > I don't know how every backup program manages differential backups and > if they take note when a file or directory has been deleted. I would > suggest a full daily backup if possible. But that depends on how much > data you have. > > > Now I should be able to restore "dir1" from "backup2" with only "fle1" > > and "file2" > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I think at some point you are > saying "file2" when you mean "file3" or the other way around. >
Sorry :-( this should read as "file1" & "file3" > In most cases you can't restore from a differential backup. You will > need the previous full backup as well. In your case file1 hasn't > changed, so it will only be available in backup1, *not* in backup2 as > that only records the differences. > Thankyou so much for your response :-)
