H. Langos writes:
> I use rsync via rsnapshot to backup a large collection of files.
> Using "--fuzzy"
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Any progress on this?
Cheers,
JH
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On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 12:33 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> Ok, I see. Does "--fuzzy" check if the filezize is in the same order of
> magnitude (or at most one order up/down)?
> Expensive fuzzy string matching on filenames can probably safely be skipped
> if abs(round(log10(ssize))-round(log10(dsize))
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 09:08:05AM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 18:58 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> > > > > [--detect-renamed] doesn't calculate name similarity like --fuzzy
> > > > > because that would
> > > > > be prohibitively expensive in the current implementation.
> > > >
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 18:58 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> Ahh, ok, so here size+mtime or checksum select the base file.
>
> And if that selection fails then "--fuzzy" search is applied but looks
> only in the /dst directory for a suitable candidate.
>
> (Or is the temporal order reversed?)
Yes, th
Hi Matt,
Thank you very much for answering those questions and helping me to
understand rsync better!
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:20:19PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> Attempting to address each of your questions, here and then in your
> other message...
>
> On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 12:17 +0100, H.
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 14:32 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> Unfortunately it still does not solve my problem. "--detect-renamed"
> hardlinks when it moves deleted files to its temp directory. But then
> it seems to copy the file to its new location.
>
> This breaks the space saving property of rsnaps
Attempting to address each of your questions, here and then in your
other message...
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 12:17 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> > It will find moved files that match exactly
> > according to the "quick check" in effect (size + mtime or checksum).
>
> That is basename+size+mtime or b
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:17:50PM +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Thank you very much for the quick response!
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:13:09PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 17:55 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> > > Now the question is, if fuzzy search could be ext
Hi Matt,
Thank you very much for the quick response!
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:13:09PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 17:55 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> > Now the question is, if fuzzy search could be extended to search for
> > moved files across directory borders. If for exam
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 17:55 +0100, H. Langos wrote:
> Now the question is, if fuzzy search could be extended to search for
> moved files across directory borders. If for example I move pictures
> aound to reorganize them in a different directory hierarchy, or if I
> move whole directories around a
Hi,
I use rsync via rsnapshot to backup a large collection of files.
Using "--fuzzy" already saves me a lot of time by discovering most
renames that happen within a directory. Therfore I already use the
"--delete-after" option.
Now the question is, if fuzzy search could be extended to search for
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