Naw, I'm not talking about replacing the current system. This is just for making a "modified" copy on a remote server or external disk.
@Marty: our backup strategies differ. The only reason I move data offsite is if my data center is destroyed (ok, there are some other reasons but you get the point). Yes, the c/pool directories do contain the hash structure but I'm talking after the fact. If I pick a file from my pc directory, I don't know it's associated (hard linked) file in the pool. Only after doing the hash stuff (which I admit I don't fully understand what Craig has done) can you find the pool link. - Wade -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Fox Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Cpool question > > I don't see why not. Just change the hardlink into a file whose > contents are the name of the pool file it pointed to. That seems like > trival one liner in a script, both converting and unconverting the > link. Since it seems too easy, there must be a "gotcha" which I am > missing! the gotcha i'm aware of comes at cleanup time -- right now, when the last pc referencing a pool file stops needing the file, the file in the pool is deleted during cleanup based on the link count being equal to 1 (since that means there are no references to it). changing from hard links would become more complicated and less robust, since you'd either have to have another "who's using this pool file" list, or you'd have to search all of the pc trees to look for references, either at cleanup time, or at deletion time. paul =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 24.1 degrees) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
