I can't seem to find any format that it works for. bela: /tmp> sudo tarsnap -cvf test test/ a test a test/foo Total size Compressed size All archives 2485 1397 (unique data) 2485 1397 This archive 2485 1397 New data 2485 1397 bela: /tmp> mkdir foo bela: /tmp> cd foo/ bela: /tmp/foo> sudo tarsnap -xvf test --newer "2016-01-01" bela: /tmp/foo> sudo tarsnap -xvf test --newer "Jan 1, 2016" bela: /tmp/foo>
However, and this seems a weird quirk, if I pass a number, which tarsnap seems to parse as a time (I ascertain this as it rolls over at either 2360 -- not working below there and working above), it extracts everything: bela: /tmp/foo> sudo tarsnap -xvf test --newer 2359 bela: /tmp/foo> sudo tarsnap -xvf test --newer 2400 x test/ x test/foo bela: /tmp/foo> I'm trying to pull updates out incrementally (archiving some old backups), and being able to say "only pull the data that changed after the timestamp of the previous backup" would be useful. -Scott
